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desmesurance (c.1136-65)

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desmesurance (c.1136-65)

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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:

( s.xii^4/4; MS: s.xii^4/4 ) Mult sunt (=pagan wise men) de grant desmesurance E de orgoilluse cuintenance 633

a desmesurance

1without restraint, inordinately:

( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 ) De sa pité ait atemprance Ke n’en saille a desmesurance 11524

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