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defectuosities

defectuosities is the plural of defectuosity.

Meaning of defectuosity

Noun

defectuosity (countable and uncountable, plural defectuosities)

  1. (obsolete, uncountable) Great imperfection; (countable) an instance of this.
    • [W]e muſt not take this mercifull indulgence given to our defectuoſities, as a diſpenſation for the ſordidnes of our loves, but rather in a holy effect and contention of gratitude, ſtrain to love God the more purely, and irreſpectively to our ſelves, in regard of the tranſcendent benignity of this...1648, Walter Montagu, “The Fourteenth Treatise. The Test and Ballance of Filial and Mercenary Love. §. II. Mercenary Love Defined, and the Relying Much on It Disswaded.”, in Miscellanea Spiritualia...

Questions about defectuosities

What is defectuosities the plural of?
Defectuosities is the plural of defectuosity.

Words near defectuosities in the dictionary

  1. defectoscopes
  2. defectoscopic
  3. defectoscopy
  4. defects
  5. defects of one's qualities
  6. defectuosities
  7. defectuosity
  8. defectuous
  9. defed
  10. defedation
  11. defedations

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