Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deficience

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-fi-cience
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Thou in thyself art perfect, and in thee Is no deficience found: Not so is Man, But in degree; the cause of his desire By conversation with his like to help Or solace his defects."
"Whoever has the care of instructing others, may be charged with deficience in his duty if this book is not recommended."
"[H]is faults seem to be very many; some of natural deficience, and some of laborious affectation."

Etymology

From Late Latin dēficientia.

Word Breakdown

Root: dēficientia

Usage

Inflected Forms

deficiences (plural)

Questions

What does deficience mean?: Deficiency.
Where does deficience come from?: From Late Latin dēficientia.

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