desmesurance (c.1150)
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desmesurance (c.1150)

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[ FEW: 6/i,728a mensurare; Gdf: 2,611b desmesurance; GdfC: ∅; TL: 2,1649 desmesurance; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  démesurance; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
 

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1excess(iveness): 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii1 )  Aprés deit aveir [a]temperance Ki nus defend desmesurance. En mangier, en beivre, en parler, En dormir e en deporter, Nees el servise Dampnedeu Deit hume si estre atempré  72
2overweening pride: 
( c.1200; MS: c.1200 )  Mult sunt (=pagan wise men) de grant desmesurance E de orgoilluse cuintenance  633
a desmesurance
without restraint, inordinately: 
( c.1150; MS: c.1300 )  De sa pité ait atemprance Ke n’en saille a desmesurance  11524
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