† defaillancyn.
Obsolete. rare.
Failure.
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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun]
wanspeedc893
defaulta1387
unspeeda1400
faultingc1450
fail1477
defallation1490
ill, evil ch(i)eving?1518
misproving1542
defection1576
unsuccessa1586
defailance1603
abortiveness1611
defailment1612
ill success1615
failancea1627
unprosperitya1628
mis-success1641
successlessness1642
insuccess1646
intercision1647
failure1648
insuccessfulness1648
unprosperousness1648
defaillancy1649
unsuccessfulness1656
missucceedinga1661
non-success1665
defailurea1677
miscarrying1736
throwdown1887
short circuit1937
Palookaville?1954
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. viii. 71 Our life is full of defaillancies.
1689 W. Walker tr. H. Languet Vindiciæ contra Tyrannos (new ed.) 144 Neither can the others defaillancy [printed defalliancy] be excused, in the bad managing of the tutorship.
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