sufficience

noun — 2 senses

sufficience

noun

Etymology From Old French sufficience, from Late Latin sufficientia.

1

Obsolete The condition or quality of being sufficient; sufficiency.

2

Obsolete Capability; competence.

He speaketh of the sufficience of the minde and of internall qualities.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 42, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

Synonyms: sufficiency
Derived terms: unsufficience

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