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defect
English
Etymology
From Middle French defaicte, from Latin defectus (“a failure, lack”), from deficere (“to fail, lack, literally 'undo'”), from past participle defectus, from de- (“priv.”) + facere (“to do”).
Pronunciation
- (noun) enPR: d?'f?kt, IPA(key): /?di?f?kt/
- (verb) enPR: d?f?kt', IPA(key): /d??f?kt/
Noun
defect (plural defects)
- A fault or malfunction.
- The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
- 1824, Lydia Sigourney, Sketch of Connecticut
- and the indefatigable application with which they have supplied the defects of early culture.
- 1824, Lydia Sigourney, Sketch of Connecticut
- (mathematics) A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
Usage notes
- Adjectives often used with "defect": major, minor, serious, cosmetic, functional, critical, fatal, basic, fundamental, main, primary, principal, radical, inherent
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:defect
Related terms
- defective
- defeat
- deficiency
- deficient
- deficit
Translations
Verb
defect (third-person singular simple present defects, present participle defecting, simple past and past participle defected)
- (intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
- 2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, "British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
- Capitalizing on the restive mood, Mr. Farage, the U.K. Independence Party leader, took out an advertisement in The Daily Telegraph this week inviting unhappy Tories to defect. In it Mr. Farage sniped that the Cameron government — made up disproportionately of career politicians who graduated from Eton and Oxbridge — was “run by a bunch of college kids, none of whom have ever had a proper job in their lives.”
- 2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, "British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
- (military) To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
- (military) To join the enemy army.
- (law) To flee one's country and seek asylum.
Derived terms
- defection
- defector
Translations
Further reading
- defect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- defect in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?fectus, d?fectum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de??f?kt/
- Hyphenation: de?fect
- Rhymes: -?kt
Adjective
defect (comparative defecter, superlative defectst)
- broken, not working
Inflection
Synonyms
- kapot
Noun
defect n (plural defecten, diminutive defectje n)
- A defect.
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malady
English
Etymology
From Middle English maladie, from Old French maladie (“sickness, illness, disease”), from malade (“ill, sick”), from Latin male habitus (“ill-kept, not in good condition”), 1st century AD. See also malice and habit.
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?l'?-d?, IPA(key): /?mæl.?.di/
Noun
malady (plural maladies)
- Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
- a. 1812, Joseph Stevens Buckminster, It is Good for Me, that I have been Afflicted (sermon)
- The maladies of the body may prove medicines of the mind.
- a. 1812, Joseph Stevens Buckminster, It is Good for Me, that I have been Afflicted (sermon)
- A moral or mental defect or disorder.
- Love's a malady without a cure.
Synonyms
- ailment, disease, disorder, distemper, illness, sickness
Translations
References
- malady in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “malady”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Middle English
Noun
malady
- Alternative form of maladie
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