† decidencyn.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: decidence n.

Etymology: Apparently an alteration (with suffix substitution: see -ency suffix) of decidence n. Compare later decident adj., and also earlier decadency n.

Obsolete.

The fact of falling down or off. Also: the condition of failing, or of being in decline; deterioration. Cf. decidence n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > sinking down > of liquids

decidency1649

subsidence1660

1649 J. Bulwer Pathomyotomia ii. i. 83 The Decidency of the Muscle, a motion from the weight of the part and Muscle.

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 174 The ebb or decidency of the eschar.

1682 J. Howe Self-ded. 94 So that where the Soul is somewhat raised by it [sc. divine life], out of that mire and dirt, there is a continual decidency, a proneness to relapse, and sink back into it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	decidency
释义	† decidencyn. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: decidence n. Etymology: Apparently an alteration (with suffix substitution: see -ency suffix) of decidence n. Compare later decident adj., and also earlier decadency n. Obsolete. The fact of falling down or off. Also: the condition of failing, or of being in decline; deterioration. Cf. decidence n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > sinking down > of liquids decidency1649 subsidence1660 1649 J. Bulwer Pathomyotomia ii. i. 83 The Decidency of the Muscle, a motion from the weight of the part and Muscle. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 174 The ebb or decidency of the eschar. 1682 J. Howe Self-ded. 94 So that where the Soul is somewhat raised by it [sc. divine life], out of that mire and dirt, there is a continual decidency, a proneness to relapse, and sink back into it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1649
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