† lubencyn.
Obsolete. rare.
Willingness or pleasure (in regard to action or activity).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [noun]
willOE
goodwilllOE
wilfulnessa1398
freenessc1400
freedoma1425
towardness1461
willingness1535
towardlinessa1569
fitness1604
inclinableness1608
lubency1623
pronenessa1640
libence1654
promptitude1712
allubescency1727
willinghood1841
unhesitatingness1876
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Lubentie, mirth, pleasantnesse.
a1640 T. Jackson Exact Coll. Wks. (1654) 3087 Their Natural Freedom as it is opposed to that which we call Spontaneum or Lubency in Vegetables only, or meer Sensitive Creatures.
1669 Addr. Hopeful Young Gentry 8 The idle person..stands ready to let out himself Post, on the easy rates of the next stirring device and lubency.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
<
n.1623