[desraisun] (1194-99)
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[desraisun] (1194-99)

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  FEW:  ratio 10,111a Gdf:  desraison 2,638c GdfC:  desraison 9,357a TL: desraison 2,1722 DEAF:  raison (desraison)  DMF:  déraison  TLF:  déraison  OED:  disreason n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
desraison;  desreson,  desresoun  

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1 irrationality, unreasonableness, folly: 
( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii2 )  quant li reis les vit illoques, Si lor mostra la desraison E le sorfeit [...] E voleit partir al rialme, Senz porter escu ne hialme  7448
♦irrational, unreasonable action: 
( 1304-05 )  om se gardera [...] de li faire tort ne desreson  71
a (grant) desraisun
1unreasonably, unwarrantedly: 
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  Li quels sa femme despiseit A tort e a grant desraison  2409
( 1304-05 )  que mal ne despit ne li soit fait a desresoun  72
raisun 
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