defectibility
English
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Etymology
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From defectible + -ity.
Noun
defectibility (countable and uncountable, plural defectibilities)
- 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.
- c. 1660, Henry Jeanes, letter to Jeremy Taylor
References
- “defectibility”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.