suffisancen.

Forms: Also Middle English souffisaunce, (Middle English sufficance), Middle English suffishance, souffisance, Middle English–1500s suffysaunce, 1500s suffisans, suffizaunce, illit. -gance, 1500s–1600s suffizance.

Etymology: < Old French suff-, soffisance (in Gower sufficance ), < late Latin sufficientia sufficience n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsuffisance.

†1. (A) sufficient provision or supply; enough to supply one's needs. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]

fillc893

enoughOE

no lack (of)c1305

sufficiencec1380

suffisancec1381

suffisance1390

sufficienta1450

sufficienty1450

sufficient1470

store1471

sufficientlyc1485

sufficiency1531

satiety1569

strength1593

competence1600

sufficiency1608

competency1616

quantum sufficit1693

quantum suff.1763

adequacy1790

quant. suff.1799

critical mass1947

c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 637 Which I have wroght so wel to my plesaunce; That to yow oghte been a suffisaunce.

c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 135 Haue I nat of a capon but the lyuere And of youre softe breed nat but a shyuere And after that a rosted pigges heed..Thanne hadde I with yow hoomly suffisaunce [v.r. sufficeance].

c1400 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 27 Be payed with litelle, content with suffisance.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope xii Euerychone ought to haue suffysaunce and to be content of that that he hath.

?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Civ Wherfore on suffysance, set thy pleasour and ioy And coueit nat to clyme.

1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau iv. ix. sig. F.j^v A litle thing God wotte to me is suffisance.

1632 P. Holland tr. Xenophon Cyrupædia 186 And when I have gotten it: looke what surplusage I see over and above suffisance.

†2. Sufficient quantity of; = sufficiency n. 3. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]

fillc893

enoughOE

no lack (of)c1305

sufficiencec1380

suffisancec1381

suffisance1390

sufficienta1450

sufficienty1450

sufficient1470

store1471

sufficientlyc1485

sufficiency1531

satiety1569

strength1593

competence1600

sufficiency1608

competency1616

quantum sufficit1693

quantum suff.1763

adequacy1790

quant. suff.1799

critical mass1947

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 28 Him thenkth..that he hath ful sufficance Of liflode.

1449 Respect. Truce w. Scot. in T. Rymer Fœdera (1710) XI. 244 Souffisaunce, of Gresse, Hay.

a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 2004 I shal fulfill and do yowr ordynans Als far of wit as I have suffisans.

?1517 Kalender of Shepeherdes (new ed.) sig. Fiiij Suffysaunce of all thyngs necessary for the salute & helpe of our soules & of our bodies.

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer iii. f. ccclv^v Suffysaunce of couenable comodytees without any maner nede.

1544 P. Betham tr. J. di Porcia Preceptes Warre ii. lxxxiii. sig. M ij^v To prouyde that thyne armye maye haue suffysaunce of vytayle.

†3. Abundance, ample means, wealth. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [noun]

wealc888

ednessa1200

richessea1200

richdomc1225

richesses?c1225

wealtha1275

richesc1275

winc1275

warison1297

wonea1300

merchandisec1300

aver1330

richesc1330

substancea1382

abundancec1384

suffisance1390

talenta1400

pelf?a1505

opulence?1518

wealthsa1533

money bag1562

capital1569

opulency1584

affluency1591

affluence1593

exuberance1675

nabobism1784

money1848

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 161 He liveth to the sufficance Of his havinge.

c1400 Sc. Trojan War (Horstm.) ii. 3058 Thelamocus regned..In Achaia ȝeris sevynty, That in tyme of his governance It eked in-to gret suffisance.

1454 Rolls of Parl. V. 273/1 Merchauntz..beyng many in nombre, and of greet suffisaunce.

c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. xxx. x. (Selden) Leving his lond..In suffisaunce, and alle prosperite.

1574 A. L. tr. Calvin Foure Serm. Song Ezechias Ep. We see some flowing in earthly wealth and suffisance.

†4. Ability; = sufficiency n. 4. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > competence, fitness, or ability

sufficiencec1384

suffisance1426

opportunity1535

qualification1561

sufficiency1567

fitness1574

qualifiedness1675

adequacy1779

competence1790

competency1797

locus standi1822

1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 8286 He that hath no suffysaunce Wyth-Inne hym-sylff tendure peyne.

1426 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 140 God of nature hath yoven him suffisaunce, Likly to atteyne to grete honure and pris.

c1450 (c1390) G. Chaucer Complaint of Venus 17 Not withstondyng al his suffisaunce, His gentil hert ys of so grete humblesse [etc.].

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xxxviii. 61 Other ther ben that haue grace, wytte and suffisaunce ageynste couetyse.

1627 J. Carter Plaine Expos. Serm. in Mount 84 So in like manner are we, for competencie and suffizance in outward things, to vse the best industrie and prouision that wee can.

†5.

a. Satisfaction, contentment. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [noun]

queemnesseOE

queemc1175

suffisancec1374

pleasingc1400

complacencec1436

resting?a1475

satisfaction1477

happinessa1500

thankfulness1500

contention1516

contentationa1533

contenting1541

satisfiedness1571

content1578

contentedness1581

appeasement1586

contentment1597

heart's content1600

acquiescence1612

pleasedness1626

well-apaidness1633

well-pleasedness1633

complacency1643

acquiescency1646

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) iii. pr. iii. 70 Þou..in alle þe plente of þi rycchesse haddest þilke lak of suffisaunce.

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋833 Suffisance, that seketh no riche metes ne drinkes.

c1407 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte 190 Euery hert..him reioysseth with plesaunce, For the grete suffysaunce That they ha founde by disport.

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 123 Covetise oppressithe souffisaunce.

1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. ij Yf thou be in mene estate, of whyche thou hast not suffysaunce, thou shalt stryue for to mounte and ryse hyer.

1590 E. Spenser Muiopotmos 207 In the warme Sunne he doth himselfe embay, And there him rests in riotous suffisaunce Of all his gladfulnes.

1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. P2, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) In couetousnesse there is neuer any reasonable suffizance.

b. A source of satisfaction. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [noun] > source of satisfaction

suffisancec1369

content1594

complacence1667

c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 1038 She was, that swete wife, My suffisaunce, my luste, my lyfe.

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 2 The vj^te. Herry, roote of her gladnes, Ther hertes joy, ther worldis suffisaunce.

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 10 Sovereigne lord, welcome to youre citee!.. Welcome oure gladness, welcome oure suffisaunce!

1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) i. vii. sig. f.vi I graunt that Ihesu cryst is very redemptor and suffysaunce of all the worlde.

c. The satisfying (of a desire). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [noun] > satisfying of a desire

satisfactiona1382

repletion?a1425

saturation?1530

satiety1548

suffisance1548

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke iv. f. 54 More then for the suffisaunce of nature is necessarie.

1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 113 Not to hunger nor to thirst is taken for the full suffizance of all desires.

†6. Self-sufficiency, independence. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [noun] > self-sufficiency

sufficiencec1384

suffisancea1450

self-sufficiency1598

autarky1617

self-dependencea1620

self-sufficience1623

self-subsistencea1631

self-support1632

self-fullness1668

self-reliance1668

self-dependency1749

self-sustainment1779

self-sustenance1786

self-sufficingness1811

substantiveness1821

self-sustentationa1832

self-containment1841

self-sufficientness1846

self-containing1850

self-supportedness1862

rugged individualism1898

a1450 Knt. de la Tour 202 And by cause I shold haue suffysaunce, he commaunded and charged me that neuer I shold put my self in subiection of none offyce vnder my souerayne lord.

7. (With French pronunciation /sufizɑ̃s/). [After modern French suffisance.] Excess of self-confidence, conceit. (Cf. sufficiency n. 6.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > excessive self-confidence > [noun]

overtrust?c1225

self-witc1425

self-trust1526

self-wisdom1571

self-assurance1595

confidence1599

self-confidence1604

self-security1606

self-sufficiencya1617

sufficiency1638

self-wittedness1647

self-trusting1658

self-poise1774

suffisance1781

cock-surety1819

disinvolturac1847

cocksureness1878

cocksureism1889

1781 J. Bentham in Tait's Edinb. Mag. (1840) 7 703 Pratt has more distance and more suffisance than either of the others.

1781 J. Bentham Mem. & Corr. in Wks. (1843) X. 100 In his conversation there is..nothing of that hauteur and suffisance one would expect.

1925 D. H. Lawrence St. Mawr 25 At the same time he was free of the Englishman's water-tight suffisance.

a1930 D. H. Lawrence Phoenix II (1968) 82 The police-officer turned, saluted politely, and said, with the polite, intolerable suffisance of officialdom: ‘Good evening! Trouble here!’

1957 ‘S. Smith’ Not Waving but Drowning 44 Ah me the suffisance I drew therefrom What strength, what glory from that fattening fluid.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	suffisance
释义	suffisancen. Forms: Also Middle English souffisaunce, (Middle English sufficance), Middle English suffishance, souffisance, Middle English–1500s suffysaunce, 1500s suffisans, suffizaunce, illit. -gance, 1500s–1600s suffizance. Etymology: < Old French suff-, soffisance (in Gower sufficance ), < late Latin sufficientia sufficience n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsuffisance. †1. (A) sufficient provision or supply; enough to supply one's needs. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] fillc893 enoughOE no lack (of)c1305 sufficiencec1380 suffisancec1381 suffisance1390 sufficienta1450 sufficienty1450 sufficient1470 store1471 sufficientlyc1485 sufficiency1531 satiety1569 strength1593 competence1600 sufficiency1608 competency1616 quantum sufficit1693 quantum suff.1763 adequacy1790 quant. suff.1799 critical mass1947 c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 637 Which I have wroght so wel to my plesaunce; That to yow oghte been a suffisaunce. c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 135 Haue I nat of a capon but the lyuere And of youre softe breed nat but a shyuere And after that a rosted pigges heed..Thanne hadde I with yow hoomly suffisaunce [v.r. sufficeance]. c1400 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 27 Be payed with litelle, content with suffisance. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope xii Euerychone ought to haue suffysaunce and to be content of that that he hath. ?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Civ Wherfore on suffysance, set thy pleasour and ioy And coueit nat to clyme. 1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau iv. ix. sig. F.j^v A litle thing God wotte to me is suffisance. 1632 P. Holland tr. Xenophon Cyrupædia 186 And when I have gotten it: looke what surplusage I see over and above suffisance. †2. Sufficient quantity of; = sufficiency n. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] fillc893 enoughOE no lack (of)c1305 sufficiencec1380 suffisancec1381 suffisance1390 sufficienta1450 sufficienty1450 sufficient1470 store1471 sufficientlyc1485 sufficiency1531 satiety1569 strength1593 competence1600 sufficiency1608 competency1616 quantum sufficit1693 quantum suff.1763 adequacy1790 quant. suff.1799 critical mass1947 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 28 Him thenkth..that he hath ful sufficance Of liflode. 1449 Respect. Truce w. Scot. in T. Rymer Fœdera (1710) XI. 244 Souffisaunce, of Gresse, Hay. a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 2004 I shal fulfill and do yowr ordynans Als far of wit as I have suffisans. ?1517 Kalender of Shepeherdes (new ed.) sig. Fiiij Suffysaunce of all thyngs necessary for the salute & helpe of our soules & of our bodies. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer iii. f. ccclv^v Suffysaunce of couenable comodytees without any maner nede. 1544 P. Betham tr. J. di Porcia Preceptes Warre ii. lxxxiii. sig. M ij^v To prouyde that thyne armye maye haue suffysaunce of vytayle. †3. Abundance, ample means, wealth. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [noun] wealc888 ednessa1200 richessea1200 richdomc1225 richesses?c1225 wealtha1275 richesc1275 winc1275 warison1297 wonea1300 merchandisec1300 aver1330 richesc1330 substancea1382 abundancec1384 suffisance1390 talenta1400 pelf?a1505 opulence?1518 wealthsa1533 money bag1562 capital1569 opulency1584 affluency1591 affluence1593 exuberance1675 nabobism1784 money1848 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 161 He liveth to the sufficance Of his havinge. c1400 Sc. Trojan War (Horstm.) ii. 3058 Thelamocus regned..In Achaia ȝeris sevynty, That in tyme of his governance It eked in-to gret suffisance. 1454 Rolls of Parl. V. 273/1 Merchauntz..beyng many in nombre, and of greet suffisaunce. c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. xxx. x. (Selden) Leving his lond..In suffisaunce, and alle prosperite. 1574 A. L. tr. Calvin Foure Serm. Song Ezechias Ep. We see some flowing in earthly wealth and suffisance. †4. Ability; = sufficiency n. 4. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > competence, fitness, or ability sufficiencec1384 suffisance1426 opportunity1535 qualification1561 sufficiency1567 fitness1574 qualifiedness1675 adequacy1779 competence1790 competency1797 locus standi1822 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 8286 He that hath no suffysaunce Wyth-Inne hym-sylff tendure peyne. 1426 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 140 God of nature hath yoven him suffisaunce, Likly to atteyne to grete honure and pris. c1450 (c1390) G. Chaucer Complaint of Venus 17 Not withstondyng al his suffisaunce, His gentil hert ys of so grete humblesse [etc.]. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xxxviii. 61 Other ther ben that haue grace, wytte and suffisaunce ageynste couetyse. 1627 J. Carter Plaine Expos. Serm. in Mount 84 So in like manner are we, for competencie and suffizance in outward things, to vse the best industrie and prouision that wee can. †5. a. Satisfaction, contentment. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [noun] queemnesseOE queemc1175 suffisancec1374 pleasingc1400 complacencec1436 resting?a1475 satisfaction1477 happinessa1500 thankfulness1500 contention1516 contentationa1533 contenting1541 satisfiedness1571 content1578 contentedness1581 appeasement1586 contentment1597 heart's content1600 acquiescence1612 pleasedness1626 well-apaidness1633 well-pleasedness1633 complacency1643 acquiescency1646 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) iii. pr. iii. 70 Þou..in alle þe plente of þi rycchesse haddest þilke lak of suffisaunce. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋833 Suffisance, that seketh no riche metes ne drinkes. c1407 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte 190 Euery hert..him reioysseth with plesaunce, For the grete suffysaunce That they ha founde by disport. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 123 Covetise oppressithe souffisaunce. 1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. ij Yf thou be in mene estate, of whyche thou hast not suffysaunce, thou shalt stryue for to mounte and ryse hyer. 1590 E. Spenser Muiopotmos 207 In the warme Sunne he doth himselfe embay, And there him rests in riotous suffisaunce Of all his gladfulnes. 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. P2, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) In couetousnesse there is neuer any reasonable suffizance. b. A source of satisfaction. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [noun] > source of satisfaction suffisancec1369 content1594 complacence1667 c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 1038 She was, that swete wife, My suffisaunce, my luste, my lyfe. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 2 The vj^te. Herry, roote of her gladnes, Ther hertes joy, ther worldis suffisaunce. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 10 Sovereigne lord, welcome to youre citee!.. Welcome oure gladness, welcome oure suffisaunce! 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) i. vii. sig. f.vi I graunt that Ihesu cryst is very redemptor and suffysaunce of all the worlde. c. The satisfying (of a desire). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [noun] > satisfying of a desire satisfactiona1382 repletion?a1425 saturation?1530 satiety1548 suffisance1548 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke iv. f. 54 More then for the suffisaunce of nature is necessarie. 1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 113 Not to hunger nor to thirst is taken for the full suffizance of all desires. †6. Self-sufficiency, independence. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [noun] > self-sufficiency sufficiencec1384 suffisancea1450 self-sufficiency1598 autarky1617 self-dependencea1620 self-sufficience1623 self-subsistencea1631 self-support1632 self-fullness1668 self-reliance1668 self-dependency1749 self-sustainment1779 self-sustenance1786 self-sufficingness1811 substantiveness1821 self-sustentationa1832 self-containment1841 self-sufficientness1846 self-containing1850 self-supportedness1862 rugged individualism1898 a1450 Knt. de la Tour 202 And by cause I shold haue suffysaunce, he commaunded and charged me that neuer I shold put my self in subiection of none offyce vnder my souerayne lord. 7. (With French pronunciation /sufizɑ̃s/). [After modern French suffisance.] Excess of self-confidence, conceit. (Cf. sufficiency n. 6.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > excessive self-confidence > [noun] overtrust?c1225 self-witc1425 self-trust1526 self-wisdom1571 self-assurance1595 confidence1599 self-confidence1604 self-security1606 self-sufficiencya1617 sufficiency1638 self-wittedness1647 self-trusting1658 self-poise1774 suffisance1781 cock-surety1819 disinvolturac1847 cocksureness1878 cocksureism1889 1781 J. Bentham in Tait's Edinb. Mag. (1840) 7 703 Pratt has more distance and more suffisance than either of the others. 1781 J. Bentham Mem. & Corr. in Wks. (1843) X. 100 In his conversation there is..nothing of that hauteur and suffisance one would expect. 1925 D. H. Lawrence St. Mawr 25 At the same time he was free of the Englishman's water-tight suffisance. a1930 D. H. Lawrence Phoenix II (1968) 82 The police-officer turned, saluted politely, and said, with the polite, intolerable suffisance of officialdom: ‘Good evening! Trouble here!’ 1957 ‘S. Smith’ Not Waving but Drowning 44 Ah me the suffisance I drew therefrom What strength, what glory from that fattening fluid. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1369
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