failingn.

Brit.

/ˈfeɪlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈfeɪlɪŋ/

Etymology: < fail v. + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action of fail v., in various senses; an instance of this, a failure. †for, without (any) failing = for, without fail (see fail n.¹).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > weakening or decline in health

failinga1382

sickeninga1382

wasting1398

downhielda1400

dissolutionc1400

debilitationa1492

defailing1502

effeeblishing1540

faintingc1540

effeeblishment1545

enervationa1575

feeblishing1574

declining1588

decay1609

flagging1611

labefaction1620

feebling1624

sinking1625

deading1645

dejection1652

fail1654

emperiment1674

decline1770

sapping1825

breakdown1858

attenuation1868

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [noun] > making or becoming

impairingc1380

failinga1382

aggrievance1502

decaying1530

fading1578

worsinga1583

rusting1597

degeneration1607

degenerating1611

improvementa1617

going back1631

aggravidizationa1641

disimprovement1649

decidence1655

deterioration1658

pejoration1658

exaggeration1661

marasmus1681

sinking1701

unimprovement1760

worsening1811

worsering1883

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > certain prospect or possession > [adverb]

(it is) no fail (but)1297

alsaufc1300

without lackc1300

without (any) faultc1325

sickerly1340

without lipsea1380

surelyc1380

for, without (any) failinga1382

sure?a1475

securely1597

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > financial loss > [noun] > commercial failure

failing1671

failure1702

crash1817

smash1839

smashdom1859

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. v. 27 Ther is not failing ne trauailyng in hym.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vii. xxv. 241 Rotyd moysture comyth vp of the stomak..and therof comyth..fayllynge of teeth.

c1410 Sir Cleges 375 He thowght with hym to speke Wythout any faylynge.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. FFFi This..meltyng of the soule the prophete Dauid calleth a faylyng of the spirit.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 185^v [Of bees] There are sundry kinges bredde for failing.

1611 Bible (King James) Deut. xxviii. 65 The Lord shall giue thee..failing of eyes, & sorrow of minde.

1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xxxiv. 84 The waight in the head and sterne by fayling of the water began to open her plankes in the middest.

1671 J. Cosin Corr. 23 May (1872) II. ciii. 285 Your apprehension of my failing before the Great Chapter-day.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Bankruptcy A Failing, or Stopping of Payment, diminishes the Merchant's Credit... When a Merchant, &c. fails to appear at the Exchange, &c. without apparent Reason, 'tis call'd a Failing of Presence.

2. A defect, fault, shortcoming, weakness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun]

unperfectnessc1350

imperfectnessa1382

imperfectiona1398

unfullmakinga1400

unperfectionc1400

failing1590

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > deficiency, lack, or shortage > instance(s) of

wants1577

failing1590

deficient1640

vacancy1759

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > state of having moral defects > moral defect

lackc1200

vice1338

default1340

fault1377

infirmity1382

wallet1528

flaw1586

failing1590

leak1597

delinquency1606

tare?1608

shortcominga1687

1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 21 b All which unreadynesses, and failings.

1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xiii. 179 My selfe to supplie their wants and faylings.

1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 94 Not aggravating failings, but hoping all things.

1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 164 E'en his failings lean'd to Virtue's side.

1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico III. vii. v. 361 His bigotry, the failing of the age.

1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches I. ii. iv. 257 Want of firmness has been repeatedly mentioned as his [Cicero's] principal failing.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

failingadj.

Brit.

/ˈfeɪlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈfeɪlɪŋ/

Forms: Also Middle English failand, faylande, Scottish falȝeand.

Etymology: < fail v. + -ing suffix².

1. That fails, in the senses of the verb.

ΘΚΠ

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

failing1667

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 28844 Failand frute comis o þat tan.

R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 9 Þingis transitory & faylynge.

c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew 961 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 91 Fore þis Ioy falȝeand, þu ay-lestand Ioy has chosine nov.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 404 O..much failing, hapless Eve.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 319 My never failing old Pilot..had a Pistol.

1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xiv. 204 Axes..of soft iron, fair to the eye and failing to the stroke.

1885 Law Times Rep. 52 648/2 Plowright was..in failing health.

†2. Astronomy. Of a planet: Remote from some fixed point. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > heavenly body > position of heavenly body > [adjective] > remote from fixed point

failingc1400

c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §4. 18 Yif [a planet] passe the bondes of thise forseide spaces, a-boue or by-nethe they sein þat the planete is failling fro the assendent.

Derivatives

ˈfailingly adv.

ΚΠ

1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Failingly, by failing.

1880 M. Crommelin Black Abbey I. xii. 163 The poor Tom-boy..struggled, failingly, to join in Hector's ever-manlier pursuits.

ˈfailingness n.

ΚΠ

1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd iv. 49 That failingnesse of force and of strength.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

failingprep.

Brit.

/ˈfeɪlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈfeɪlɪŋ/

Etymology: The present participle of fail v., used either with intransitive sense with the following noun or pronoun as subject (failing this = ‘if this fail’), or in transitive sense with the noun etc. as object (failing this = ‘if one fail this’).

In default of.

ΚΠ

1810 H. T. Colebrooke Two Treat. Hindu Law Inherit. 225 In default of these, the heritage goes to the son of the..aunt. Or, failing him, it passes, etc.

1818 W. Wordsworth in Wks. (1876) I. 241 Many must have opportunities of knowing him; or failing that intimate knowledge, we require, etc.

1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. vi. 92 Failing all else, what gossip about one another.

1859 G. W. Dasent tr. P.C. Asbjørnsen & J. Moe Pop. Tales from Norse Introd. p. xlv By clinging..to some king or hero..or, failing that, to some squire's family.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.a1382

adj.a1400

prep.1810

单词	failing
释义	failingn. Brit. /ˈfeɪlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfeɪlɪŋ/ Etymology: < fail v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action of fail v., in various senses; an instance of this, a failure. †for, without (any) failing = for, without fail (see fail n.¹). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > weakening or decline in health failinga1382 sickeninga1382 wasting1398 downhielda1400 dissolutionc1400 debilitationa1492 defailing1502 effeeblishing1540 faintingc1540 effeeblishment1545 enervationa1575 feeblishing1574 declining1588 decay1609 flagging1611 labefaction1620 feebling1624 sinking1625 deading1645 dejection1652 fail1654 emperiment1674 decline1770 sapping1825 breakdown1858 attenuation1868 the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [noun] > making or becoming impairingc1380 failinga1382 aggrievance1502 decaying1530 fading1578 worsinga1583 rusting1597 degeneration1607 degenerating1611 improvementa1617 going back1631 aggravidizationa1641 disimprovement1649 decidence1655 deterioration1658 pejoration1658 exaggeration1661 marasmus1681 sinking1701 unimprovement1760 worsening1811 worsering1883 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > certain prospect or possession > [adverb] (it is) no fail (but)1297 alsaufc1300 without lackc1300 without (any) faultc1325 sickerly1340 without lipsea1380 surelyc1380 for, without (any) failinga1382 sure?a1475 securely1597 society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > financial loss > [noun] > commercial failure failing1671 failure1702 crash1817 smash1839 smashdom1859 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. v. 27 Ther is not failing ne trauailyng in hym. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vii. xxv. 241 Rotyd moysture comyth vp of the stomak..and therof comyth..fayllynge of teeth. c1410 Sir Cleges 375 He thowght with hym to speke Wythout any faylynge. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. FFFi This..meltyng of the soule the prophete Dauid calleth a faylyng of the spirit. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 185^v [Of bees] There are sundry kinges bredde for failing. 1611 Bible (King James) Deut. xxviii. 65 The Lord shall giue thee..failing of eyes, & sorrow of minde. View more context for this quotation 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xxxiv. 84 The waight in the head and sterne by fayling of the water began to open her plankes in the middest. 1671 J. Cosin Corr. 23 May (1872) II. ciii. 285 Your apprehension of my failing before the Great Chapter-day. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Bankruptcy A Failing, or Stopping of Payment, diminishes the Merchant's Credit... When a Merchant, &c. fails to appear at the Exchange, &c. without apparent Reason, 'tis call'd a Failing of Presence. 2. A defect, fault, shortcoming, weakness. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] unperfectnessc1350 imperfectnessa1382 imperfectiona1398 unfullmakinga1400 unperfectionc1400 failing1590 the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > deficiency, lack, or shortage > instance(s) of wants1577 failing1590 deficient1640 vacancy1759 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > state of having moral defects > moral defect lackc1200 vice1338 default1340 fault1377 infirmity1382 wallet1528 flaw1586 failing1590 leak1597 delinquency1606 tare?1608 shortcominga1687 1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 21 b All which unreadynesses, and failings. 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xiii. 179 My selfe to supplie their wants and faylings. 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 94 Not aggravating failings, but hoping all things. 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 164 E'en his failings lean'd to Virtue's side. 1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico III. vii. v. 361 His bigotry, the failing of the age. 1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches I. ii. iv. 257 Want of firmness has been repeatedly mentioned as his [Cicero's] principal failing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). failingadj. Brit. /ˈfeɪlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfeɪlɪŋ/ Forms: Also Middle English failand, faylande, Scottish falȝeand. Etymology: < fail v. + -ing suffix². 1. That fails, in the senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [adjective] > failing failing1667 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 28844 Failand frute comis o þat tan. R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 9 Þingis transitory & faylynge. c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew 961 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 91 Fore þis Ioy falȝeand, þu ay-lestand Ioy has chosine nov. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 404 O..much failing, hapless Eve. View more context for this quotation 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 319 My never failing old Pilot..had a Pistol. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xiv. 204 Axes..of soft iron, fair to the eye and failing to the stroke. 1885 Law Times Rep. 52 648/2 Plowright was..in failing health. †2. Astronomy. Of a planet: Remote from some fixed point. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > position of heavenly body > [adjective] > remote from fixed point failingc1400 c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §4. 18 Yif [a planet] passe the bondes of thise forseide spaces, a-boue or by-nethe they sein þat the planete is failling fro the assendent. Derivatives ˈfailingly adv. ΚΠ 1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Failingly, by failing. 1880 M. Crommelin Black Abbey I. xii. 163 The poor Tom-boy..struggled, failingly, to join in Hector's ever-manlier pursuits. ˈfailingness n. ΚΠ 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd iv. 49 That failingnesse of force and of strength. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). failingprep. Brit. /ˈfeɪlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfeɪlɪŋ/ Etymology: The present participle of fail v., used either with intransitive sense with the following noun or pronoun as subject (failing this = ‘if this fail’), or in transitive sense with the noun etc. as object (failing this = ‘if one fail this’). In default of. ΚΠ 1810 H. T. Colebrooke Two Treat. Hindu Law Inherit. 225 In default of these, the heritage goes to the son of the..aunt. Or, failing him, it passes, etc. 1818 W. Wordsworth in Wks. (1876) I. 241 Many must have opportunities of knowing him; or failing that intimate knowledge, we require, etc. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. vi. 92 Failing all else, what gossip about one another. 1859 G. W. Dasent tr. P.C. Asbjørnsen & J. Moe Pop. Tales from Norse Introd. p. xlv By clinging..to some king or hero..or, failing that, to some squire's family. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1382adj.a1400prep.1810
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