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diffus (c.1270)

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diffus (c.1270)

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[ FEW: 3,74a diffusus; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: 2,1924 difus; DEAF: ∅; DMF: diffus; TLF: diffus; OED: diffuse adj.; MED: diffuse adj.; DMLBS: ∅ ]

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1spread:

( c.1270; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) E[n] son quer cherité plus e plus De Deu crut et fust diffus 828

2rambling, extensive:

( 1396-98; MS: s.xv¹ ) j’ay plusours matires [...] a purseure [...] lesquelx serroit trope diffus de vous escrier 59.11

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