deficiousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Misreading of ‘desirous’.
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the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > devoid of something > lacking or without > ill-provided with something
barec1220
leana1340
needya1425
matterless1483
deficious1541
scarce of?1541
scanta1595
deficienta1616
strait1662
short of1697
shy1895
low on1904
short on1922
light1936
1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance Pref. 6 Because they have been so deficiouse of knowlage.
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adj.1541- kittleness
- labouredly
- labouredness
- labouremploying
- labourer
- labourer in trust
- labourers
- labouress
- labourfellow
- labourhood
- labouring
- labouring class
- labouring day
- labouring hour
- labouring job
- labouring oar
- labouring time
- labouring work
- labouringly
- labourings
- labourintensive
- labourism
- labourist
- labouristic
- labourists