† inˈsuffisant, a. Obs.
[a. F. insuffisant (not recorded till 1474), f. in- (in-3) + suffisant suffisant, pr. pple. of suffire to suffice; cf. insufficient.]
Insufficient; not sufficing; incompetent.
| 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 227 Þe child was insuffisant to so grete a charge. c 1400 Mandeville (1839) xxix. 293 What may ben y now to that man to whom alle the World is insuffisant. c 1450 Mirour Saluacioun 4566 Thaire witnesse ware insuffissant ilkone. |