defailancedefaillancen.

Forms: Also 1600s–1700s -fail(l)iance.

Etymology: < French défaillance, < défaill-ir : see -ance suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: deˈfailance.

Failing, failure.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun]

wanspeedc893

defaulta1387

unspeeda1400

faultingc1450

fail1477

defallation1490

ill, evil ch(i)eving?1518

misproving1542

defection1576

unsuccessa1586

defailance1603

abortiveness1611

defailment1612

ill success1615

failancea1627

unprosperitya1628

mis-success1641

successlessness1642

insuccess1646

intercision1647

failure1648

insuccessfulness1648

unprosperousness1648

defaillancy1649

unsuccessfulness1656

missucceedinga1661

non-success1665

defailurea1677

miscarrying1736

throwdown1887

short circuit1937

Palookaville?1954

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. vi. 217 So great a..deffailance of senses [as in fits].

1613–18 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 55 He had a fayre Title, by the defaillance of issue.

a1668 W. Waller Divine Medit. (1839) 42 In the defailliance of all these transitory comforts.

a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 76 By transgression of his laws and defailance in duty.

1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. xxxviii. 206 Those Eastern Desperadoes are very faithful where..Covenants are duly observed when made with them, but in Defailiance, they are revengeful and cruel.

1892 E. Dowson Let. ?23 Nov. (1967) 254 Forgive my défaillance. I hope you didn't wait long; most contrite.

1902 H. Belloc Path to Rome 194 This defaillance and breakdown which comes from time to time over the mind.

1938 E. Hemingway Fifth Column (1939) iii. i. 86 If you have a little defaillance I understand.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	defailance
释义	defailancedefaillancen. Forms: Also 1600s–1700s -fail(l)iance. Etymology: < French défaillance, < défaill-ir : see -ance suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: deˈfailance. Failing, failure. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] wanspeedc893 defaulta1387 unspeeda1400 faultingc1450 fail1477 defallation1490 ill, evil ch(i)eving?1518 misproving1542 defection1576 unsuccessa1586 defailance1603 abortiveness1611 defailment1612 ill success1615 failancea1627 unprosperitya1628 mis-success1641 successlessness1642 insuccess1646 intercision1647 failure1648 insuccessfulness1648 unprosperousness1648 defaillancy1649 unsuccessfulness1656 missucceedinga1661 non-success1665 defailurea1677 miscarrying1736 throwdown1887 short circuit1937 Palookaville?1954 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. vi. 217 So great a..deffailance of senses [as in fits]. 1613–18 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 55 He had a fayre Title, by the defaillance of issue. a1668 W. Waller Divine Medit. (1839) 42 In the defailliance of all these transitory comforts. a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 76 By transgression of his laws and defailance in duty. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. xxxviii. 206 Those Eastern Desperadoes are very faithful where..Covenants are duly observed when made with them, but in Defailiance, they are revengeful and cruel. 1892 E. Dowson Let. ?23 Nov. (1967) 254 Forgive my défaillance. I hope you didn't wait long; most contrite. 1902 H. Belloc Path to Rome 194 This defaillance and breakdown which comes from time to time over the mind. 1938 E. Hemingway Fifth Column (1939) iii. i. 86 If you have a little defaillance I understand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1603
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