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† ˈinfimous, a. Obs.
[f. L. infimus (superl. of inferus) lowest + -ous.]
Very low or base; basest.
1613Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. 172 A man risen by subtletie and his tongue from infimous condition. 1627W. Sclater Exp. 2 Thess. (1629) 159 They vowed to suffer losse, I say not of life, but of the infimous goods of fortune, for the cause of the Gospel. 1663Wood Life 15 June (O.H.S.) I. 476 A yong heire, who valuing not his father's labours, because of his ignorance, put most of his papers..to infimous uses. |