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displicence
† ˈdisplicence Obs. [ad. L. displicēntia displeasure, f. displicēre to displease. Cf. the earlier displacence.] Displeasure, dissatisfaction.1605 Bell Motives conc. Romish Faith 102 Durand saieth, the faulte is remitted in purgatorie, for the displicence of venials, which the soules haue in that pla...
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displeasance
† disˈpleasance Obs. Forms: see displeasant. [a. OF. desplaisance (13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), mod.F. déplaisance, f. desplaisant: see next and -ance. Cf. also displacence, displicence. Still stressed on final c 1530 by Skelton.] The fact of being displeased; displeasure, dissatisfaction, discontent, a...
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displacence
† disˈplacence Obs. [ad. med.L. displacēntia, f. dis- 4 + placēntia pleasantness: cf. OF. desplaisance, mod.F. dép-, It. dispiacenza. The cl.L. word was displicēntia, whence displicence.] = next: the reverse of complacence.c 1450 Mirour Saluacioun 1432 With displacens of all synne and hertly contryc...
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vacuous
vacuous, a. (ˈvækjuːəs) [f. L. vacu-us empty, void, free, clear, etc. (cf. vacuum n.) + -ous.] † 1. Not properly filled out or developed. Obs.—11651 Smallwood Commend. Verses to W. Cartwright's Wks., False Vacuous Births in every street we see: But seldome, true and ripen'd, such as He. 2. Empty of ...
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