† unsuffisantn.
Obsolete.
Insufficiency.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun]
unsuffisant1387
over-little?a1400
non-suffisantee1425
unsufficience1445
insufficience1486
insufficiency1531
faintness1543
non-sufficiency1584
non-sufficience1598
incompetence1663
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 381 It is seide þat kyng William..wolde have depreved hym for unsufficiant [v.r. unsuffysant; L. insufficientiam] of lettrure.
1425 Rolls of Parl. IV. 267 Ye grete unabilte and unsuffisante, that the same Wauter felte in hymself.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
† unsuffisantadj.
Obsolete.
= insuffisant adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adjective]
insuffisant1387
unsufficient1398
over-little?a1400
unsuffisantc1400
unthankful1491
insufficienta1513
wanec1540
incompetent1611
under1673
c1400 26 Pol. Poems 136 Though I be, lorde, vnsuffisaunte, Any helpe to gete of the, Yet..Parce michi, domine!
1423 Rolls of Parl. IV. 255 Thoo werkes of Brouderie there founden unsuffisant.
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 196 Olyuys grete out of that lond wol reke With drasty, wattry fruyt..Unsuffisaunt the costis forto acquyte.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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n.1387adj.c1400