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jan 1, 1505 - cunning

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Skilled, knowledgeable or experienced, not a pejorative adjective in early contexts. 1449 <i>a kunnyng prest to synge for my soule</i>, Westmorland (SS30/147); 1505 <i>one of the mynstralls ... is knawen right connyng</i>, York (YRS106/10). The prevailing modern sense dates only from the late sixteenth century.

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jan 1, 1505
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~ 520 years ago
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