desmesurable (s.xiii2/4)
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desmesurable (s.xiii2/4)

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  FEW:  mensurare *6/i,728a Gdf:  desmesurable 2,611b GdfC: ∅ TL: desmesurable 2,1649 DEAF:  mesurable (desmesurable)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  dismeasurable adj.  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
demesurable  

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1unlimited: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  [...] seinte [sic] meditacions enterines e desmesurables  19.20
( 1316 )  trop outrajouses et desmesurables services de mes et viandes  238.3
♦abundant, in great quantity: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Flux menstruel desmesurable si vient de .ii. causes  i 242
♦excessive, outrageous: 
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  un teu pechur Cum jeo su, trop despysable, Charnel e glutun demesurable  2476
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