failance
English
Etymology
From Old French faillance, from faillir. Doublet of fallency.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfeɪləns/
- Rhymes: -eɪləns
Noun
failance (countable and uncountable, plural failances)
- (obsolete) fault; failure; omission
- 1810, John Fell, "Henry Hammond", in Ecclesiastical Biography
- […] always made it necessary for him not to stir from his chair, or so much as read a letter, for two hours after every meal, failance wherein being certainly revenged by a sit of the gout […]
- 1810, John Fell, "Henry Hammond", in Ecclesiastical Biography
Anagrams
- faelánic