faultyadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːlti/,

/ˈfɒlti/, U.S.

/ˈfɔlti/,

/ˈfɑlti/

Forms: Middle English, 1800s dialect fauty, Middle English fawty(e, Middle English fawte, 1500s fawtie, fautye, 1500s–1600s faultie, (1500s faulte), 1600s faultye, 1600s– faulty.

Etymology: < fault v. + -y suffix¹, perhaps after French fautif.

A. adj.

1. Containing faults, blemishes or defects; defective, imperfect, unsound.

a. of material things.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adjective] > in specific way: defective or faulty > of material things

faulty1434

wonky1919

R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Mending of Life 108 So þow settis þi-self on a fawte grounde.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 4082 Þe walles of cuthbert oratory he fande þaim mekil fawty.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 312/1 Fautye as fruite is that is nat sownde.

1577 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 171 Many stretes is owte of order for mendyng vere faulte.

1643 W. Prynne Opening Great Seale 21 Some of the seales for ill cloathes, to have faultie engraven in them.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xvi. 443 Here they made a new Boltsprit,..our old one being very faulty.

1697 K. Chetwood Life Virgil in J. Dryden tr. Virgil Wks. sig. *2 He [sc. the colt] came of a faulty Mare.

1759 J. Mills tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Pract. Treat. Husbandry ii. i. 119 To pluck up the faulty ears as fast as they appeared.

1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 187 If a barrel be faulty, or locks inferior.

1862 T. H. Huxley On Knowl. Causes Phenomena Org. Nature 47 Faulty as these layers of stone in the earth's crust are, defective as they necessarily are as a record.

1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire ‘These tatoes bin turnin up very fauty.’

1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases Vauty, anything..with part decayed is so described.

b. of immaterial things.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adjective] > in specific way: defective or faulty > of immaterial things

faulty1380

raggedc1450

1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 364 God takiþ þis ordenance in his chirche as..in no wise fawtye.

1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale 27 Whether my correccion..be a diligent correccion, and Tindales translacion fautye or no.

1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Ij^v It is a faulty Argument.

1649 Sir W. Dugdale in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) (Camden) 174 If Mr. Leicester do knowe it [my comparing of Domesday] to be faultye..that I will not deny.

1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §68 The origin of the gout lies in a faulty digestion.

1789 R. Burns Let. (2001) I. 428 Where the expression seems to me..perplexed or faulty.

1830 J. Mackintosh Diss. Progress Ethical Philos. 128 Those..may consistently blame the faulty principle, and rejoice in its destruction.

2. Of persons, their qualities, etc.: Having imperfections or failings; apt to do wrong or come short of duty.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [adjective]

unprincipal?1541

sillya1547

faulty1574

subaltern1581

suffragant1603

faulted1608

under-rate1709

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [adjective] > having faults of character

imperfectc1400

faulty1574

faulted1608

1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 40 The cause why our affections are faultie, is for that they runne headlong, and haue no stay of themselues.

1606 Bp. J. Hall Heauen vpon Earth v. 39 Our best endeuour is..faulty.

1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 506. ¶6 The ladies are generally most faulty in this particular.

1729 Bp. J. Butler Serm. in Wks. (1874) II. 21 To forgive injuries..so peculiarly becomes an imperfect, faulty creature.

1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xiii. 75 His reputed faulty morals.

1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 68 The nice distinction 'twixt fast foes and faulty friends.

3. †(a) That has committed a fault, error, or offence; guilty of wrongdoing. Obsolete. (b) That is in fault or to blame (for some undesirable results).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > guilt > [adjective]

shildyOE

sakeda1300

sakfula1300

culpable1303

faulty1380

plightya1400

defective1423

criminousa1460

criminal1489

wity1530

nocent1559

delinquent1584

faultful1591

obnoxious1604

noxiousa1618

guiltful1655

society > morality > moral evil > guilt > [adjective]

guiltyc1000

sakeda1300

sakfula1300

culpable1303

faulty1380

plightfula1400

plightya1400

defective1423

criminousa1460

criminal1489

nocent1559

delinquent1584

faultful1591

obnoxious1604

noxiousa1618

guiltful1655

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > blame > [adjective] > blameworthy

to lackc1330

faulty1380

blameable1387

blameworthy1387

blamefulc1430

accusablea1525

wity1530

faultworthy1586

demeritorious1593

culpable1604

obnoxious1604

taxable1610

1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 364 Ellis men mosten say þat God is and was fawty in ordenance of boþe his lawis.

1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 72 Qwat man or woman be fawty, he schal paye..di. li. wax.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 741 Quat if faurty be fre and fauty þyse oþer Schalt þow schortly al schende & schape non oþer.

c1440 York Myst. xl. 130 A! fooles þat are fauty and failes of youre feithe.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 6 Reynard..knewe hym self fawty and gylty in many thynges.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. lxii Howe be it I knowe my wordes shall suche greue As them selfe knoweth fawty and culpable.

1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. C3 Whatsoeuer person that were founde faultie of like errour.

1614 Henley-in-Arden Rolls Wee Doe present william Kerbee shoomaker ffaulty.

1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Maides Trag. i. sig. B1^v Thou art faultie, I sent for thee..thou camst not.

1682 Modest Enq. Election Sheriffs London 19 How often hath the City been more faulty to divers of our former Kings.

1777 J. Howard State of Prisons (1780) 196 Workshops for faulty apprentices.

1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 114 As it now stands, ‘one fiddle’ among many, the faulty individual will I hope escape detection.

absolute.1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xv. f. xlvii Yf he wolde compare the fawty with the fawtye.1610 Bp. J. Hall Common Apol. against Brownists xxvii. 70 It is an old policy of the faulty to complaine first.

4. Of the nature of a fault; censurable, wrong.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [adjective] > of nature of

faulty1548

slanderous1554

offensible1575

scandalizing1593

offenceful1611

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [adjective] > transgressing or offending > of the nature of a fault or offence

sinfulc1175

faulty1548

slanderous1554

offensible1575

offenciousa1593

piacular1610

peccable1633

piaculous1646

transgressive1646

piacularly1818

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Col. in Paraphr. New Test. ii. 18 A faultie humbleness it is, through Angels to loke for that whiche shuld of Christ himselfe be asked.

1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. Thirty-nine Articles xxii. 247 No reserve is made in Scripture for this [sc. Idolatry] as being faulty only because it was applied wrong.

1851 R. Hussey Rise Papal Power ii. 66 Thus Rome grew now by means of whatever was faulty in the Church.

1869 E. M. Goulburn Pursuit of Holiness Pref. 11 A faulty habit of mind.

B. adv.

= faultily adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [adverb] > in manner not worthy of praise > in manner worthy of censure or condemnation

damnablyc1386

discommendably1656

condemnedly1661

faulty1762

censurably1828

1762 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison (ed. 4) II. xix. 206 What an humbling thing is the consciousness of having lived faulty [1753 faultily].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	faulty
释义	faultyadj.adv. Brit. /ˈfɔːlti/, /ˈfɒlti/, U.S. /ˈfɔlti/, /ˈfɑlti/ Forms: Middle English, 1800s dialect fauty, Middle English fawty(e, Middle English fawte, 1500s fawtie, fautye, 1500s–1600s faultie, (1500s faulte), 1600s faultye, 1600s– faulty. Etymology: < fault v. + -y suffix¹, perhaps after French fautif. A. adj. 1. Containing faults, blemishes or defects; defective, imperfect, unsound. a. of material things. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adjective] > in specific way: defective or faulty > of material things faulty1434 wonky1919 R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Mending of Life 108 So þow settis þi-self on a fawte grounde. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 4082 Þe walles of cuthbert oratory he fande þaim mekil fawty. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 312/1 Fautye as fruite is that is nat sownde. 1577 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 171 Many stretes is owte of order for mendyng vere faulte. 1643 W. Prynne Opening Great Seale 21 Some of the seales for ill cloathes, to have faultie engraven in them. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xvi. 443 Here they made a new Boltsprit,..our old one being very faulty. 1697 K. Chetwood Life Virgil in J. Dryden tr. Virgil Wks. sig. 2 He [sc.* the colt] came of a faulty Mare. 1759 J. Mills tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Pract. Treat. Husbandry ii. i. 119 To pluck up the faulty ears as fast as they appeared. 1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 187 If a barrel be faulty, or locks inferior. 1862 T. H. Huxley On Knowl. Causes Phenomena Org. Nature 47 Faulty as these layers of stone in the earth's crust are, defective as they necessarily are as a record. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire ‘These tatoes bin turnin up very fauty.’ 1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases Vauty, anything..with part decayed is so described. b. of immaterial things. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adjective] > in specific way: defective or faulty > of immaterial things faulty1380 raggedc1450 1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 364 God takiþ þis ordenance in his chirche as..in no wise fawtye. 1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale 27 Whether my correccion..be a diligent correccion, and Tindales translacion fautye or no. 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Ij^v It is a faulty Argument. 1649 Sir W. Dugdale in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) (Camden) 174 If Mr. Leicester do knowe it [my comparing of Domesday] to be faultye..that I will not deny. 1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §68 The origin of the gout lies in a faulty digestion. 1789 R. Burns Let. (2001) I. 428 Where the expression seems to me..perplexed or faulty. 1830 J. Mackintosh Diss. Progress Ethical Philos. 128 Those..may consistently blame the faulty principle, and rejoice in its destruction. 2. Of persons, their qualities, etc.: Having imperfections or failings; apt to do wrong or come short of duty. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [adjective] unprincipal?1541 sillya1547 faulty1574 subaltern1581 suffragant1603 faulted1608 under-rate1709 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [adjective] > having faults of character imperfectc1400 faulty1574 faulted1608 1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 40 The cause why our affections are faultie, is for that they runne headlong, and haue no stay of themselues. 1606 Bp. J. Hall Heauen vpon Earth v. 39 Our best endeuour is..faulty. 1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 506. ¶6 The ladies are generally most faulty in this particular. 1729 Bp. J. Butler Serm. in Wks. (1874) II. 21 To forgive injuries..so peculiarly becomes an imperfect, faulty creature. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xiii. 75 His reputed faulty morals. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 68 The nice distinction 'twixt fast foes and faulty friends. 3. †(a) That has committed a fault, error, or offence; guilty of wrongdoing. Obsolete. (b) That is in fault or to blame (for some undesirable results). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > guilt > [adjective] shildyOE sakeda1300 sakfula1300 culpable1303 faulty1380 plightya1400 defective1423 criminousa1460 criminal1489 wity1530 nocent1559 delinquent1584 faultful1591 obnoxious1604 noxiousa1618 guiltful1655 society > morality > moral evil > guilt > [adjective] guiltyc1000 sakeda1300 sakfula1300 culpable1303 faulty1380 plightfula1400 plightya1400 defective1423 criminousa1460 criminal1489 nocent1559 delinquent1584 faultful1591 obnoxious1604 noxiousa1618 guiltful1655 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > blame > [adjective] > blameworthy to lackc1330 faulty1380 blameable1387 blameworthy1387 blamefulc1430 accusablea1525 wity1530 faultworthy1586 demeritorious1593 culpable1604 obnoxious1604 taxable1610 1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 364 Ellis men mosten say þat God is and was fawty in ordenance of boþe his lawis. 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 72 Qwat man or woman be fawty, he schal paye..di. li. wax. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 741 Quat if faurty be fre and fauty þyse oþer Schalt þow schortly al schende & schape non oþer. c1440 York Myst. xl. 130 A! fooles þat are fauty and failes of youre feithe. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 6 Reynard..knewe hym self fawty and gylty in many thynges. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. lxii Howe be it I knowe my wordes shall suche greue As them selfe knoweth fawty and culpable. 1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. C3 Whatsoeuer person that were founde faultie of like errour. 1614 Henley-in-Arden Rolls Wee Doe present william Kerbee shoomaker ffaulty. 1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Maides Trag. i. sig. B1^v Thou art faultie, I sent for thee..thou camst not. 1682 Modest Enq. Election Sheriffs London 19 How often hath the City been more faulty to divers of our former Kings. 1777 J. Howard State of Prisons (1780) 196 Workshops for faulty apprentices. 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 114 As it now stands, ‘one fiddle’ among many, the faulty individual will I hope escape detection. absolute.1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xv. f. xlvii Yf he wolde compare the fawty with the fawtye.1610 Bp. J. Hall Common Apol. against Brownists xxvii. 70 It is an old policy of the faulty to complaine first. 4. Of the nature of a fault; censurable, wrong. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [adjective] > of nature of faulty1548 slanderous1554 offensible1575 scandalizing1593 offenceful1611 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [adjective] > transgressing or offending > of the nature of a fault or offence sinfulc1175 faulty1548 slanderous1554 offensible1575 offenciousa1593 piacular1610 peccable1633 piaculous1646 transgressive1646 piacularly1818 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Col. in Paraphr. New Test. ii. 18 A faultie humbleness it is, through Angels to loke for that whiche shuld of Christ himselfe be asked. 1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. Thirty-nine Articles xxii. 247 No reserve is made in Scripture for this [sc. Idolatry] as being faulty only because it was applied wrong. 1851 R. Hussey Rise Papal Power ii. 66 Thus Rome grew now by means of whatever was faulty in the Church. 1869 E. M. Goulburn Pursuit of Holiness Pref. 11 A faulty habit of mind. B. adv. = faultily adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [adverb] > in manner not worthy of praise > in manner worthy of censure or condemnation damnablyc1386 discommendably1656 condemnedly1661 faulty1762 censurably1828 1762 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison (ed. 4) II. xix. 206 What an humbling thing is the consciousness of having lived faulty [1753 faultily]. 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