Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sufficience

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: suf-fi-cience
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition or quality of being sufficient; sufficiency.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Capability; competence.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"He speaketh of the sufficience of the minde and of internall qualities."

Etymology

From Old French sufficience, from Late Latin sufficientia.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sufficiences (plural)

Derived Forms

unsufficience

Synonyms

sufficiency

Questions

What does sufficience mean?: The condition or quality of being sufficient; sufficiency.
Where does sufficience come from?: From Old French sufficience, from Late Latin sufficientia.

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