▪ I. † unˈsuffisant, n. Obs.
[Cf. next.]
Insufficiency.
| 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 381 It is seide þat kyng William..wolde have depreved hym for unsufficiant [v.r. unsuffysant; L. insufficientiam] of lettrure. 1425 Rolls of Parlt. IV. 267 Ye grete unabilte and unsuffisante, that the same Wauter felte in hymself. |
▪ II. † unˈsuffisant, a. Obs.
[un-1 7, 5 b.]
= insuffisant a.
| c 1400 26 Pol. Poems 136 Though I be, lorde, vnsuffisaunte, Any helpe to gete of the, Yet..Parce michi, domine! 1423 Rolls of Parlt. IV. 255 Thoo werkes of Brouderie there founden unsuffisant. c 1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 196 Olyuys grete out of that lond wol reke With drasty, wattry fruyt..Unsuffisaunt the costis forto acquyte. |