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Defeˊct
Defeˊct [defaut,F.defetto, It.defécto, Sp., ofdefectus, L.] blemish, failing, imperfection, want.
Few Men are sensible of their own
Defects Suus cuique Crepitus bene olet.Every Man’s own F--rt has a good Savour LatinWe easily find some excuse or pretext to gloss over our own frailties, if we are sensible of them; but how many are there,
who neither are, nor will be convinc’d they have any: but overlook their own, while they are busy at finding out and carping
at those of their Neighbours!
Definition taken from
The Universal Etymological Dictionary,
edited by Nathan Bailey (1736)
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Delight