impuissancen.
/ɪmˈpjuːɪsəns/ 1. Impotence, powerlessness, weakness.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [noun] > utter inability or powerlessness
unmightinessOE
non-powera1387
unpowerc1400
impotencea1420
palsya1450
impossibilityc1450
impotencyc1460
impuissance1483
impotentness1530
powerlessness1650
enervity1656
paralysis1809
nervelessness1857
society > authority > lack of power > [noun]
un-i-waldeOE
impotencea1420
debility1525
unpowerfulness1625
impuissance1645
imprevalencea1656
imprevalencya1656
impuissancy1701
weakness1838
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. 1/2 In tyme whan man was vaynquysshed of ygnoraunce & impuissaunce.
1602 S. Patrick tr. I. Gentillet Disc. Wel Governing 26 An impuissance to conserve himself.
1645 City Alarum 9 We have always hoodwinkt our selves with conceits of the kings impuissance till it came to tryal.
1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. xvi. 74 He lay under an impuissance..of advancing above a line and an half in the compass of a whole summer's day.
1855 R. Browning Saul xviii Why is it I dare Think but lightly of such impuissance?
1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh ix. 385 I felt myself So safe in impuissance and despair, I could not hurt you.
1884 R. Browning Cherries in Ferishtah's Fancies Never too much of faith In impuissance, man's.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > impetuosity > [noun] > lack of self-control
impuissance1667
uncontrol1861
1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 95 When the light of reason is under a Bushel of passion; and impuissance is regent in the soul.
Derivatives
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society > authority > lack of power > [noun]
un-i-waldeOE
impotencea1420
debility1525
unpowerfulness1625
impuissance1645
imprevalencea1656
imprevalencya1656
impuissancy1701
weakness1838
1701 T. Beverley Grand Apoc. Question 39 An Image of Supremacy; and yet Impuissancy.
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