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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 English Dictionary,
edited by Nathan Bailey (1736)
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Delight