defectibility
deficiency; imperfection
Noun
- deficiency; imperfection
- c. 1660, Henry Jeanes, letter to Jeremy Taylor opposed unto mutability and defectibility of being
- 1638-1639, George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, letter to Kenelm Digby The sufficiency and perfection of Scripture having been been shewed, & likewise the defectibility of that kinde of tradition.
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin de- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin facio Latin dēficiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin dēfectusbor. English defect Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English defectible Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English defectibility From defectible + -ity.