incredible (c.1360-79)

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incredible (c.1360-79)

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[ FEW: 2/ii,1308a credere; Gdf: 4,568b incredible; GdfC: ; TL: 4,1369 incredible; DEAF: I186 incredible; DMF:  incrédible; TLF: ; OED:  incredible adj. and n.; MED:  incredible adj.; DMLBS: 1312c incredibilis ]
 

a.

1incredible, unbelievable
( s.xiv2; MS: c.1400 )  Mes sibien soit consider‚ ou adonqes nous serons allower, ou de qi corps adonqes nous seronms lez menbrez, et pur ce qe rien ne faudra a eux que Dieux ayment, ne sera ceo my incredible (Latin: nequaquam erit incredibile)  64.14
(of people) not to be believed, unreliable, untrustworthy
( 1425 )  par nude empeschement et suggestion des certeins disloialx, suspectes et incredibles persones, tapissantz en diverses saintuairs du roialme  iv 291

a._as_s.

1theol.unbeliever
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Et tous dirront, 'Vei l’incredible, Q’en dieu mercy ne de fia!'  5769
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