Suf*fi"cien*cy (?), n.
[L. sufficientia: cf. F. suffisance. See Suffice.]
1. The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end
proposed; adequacy.
His sufficiency is such that
he bestows and possesses, his plenty being unexhausted.
Boyle.
2. Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity.
A substitute or most allowed sufficiency.
Shak.
I am not so confident of my own sufficiency as not willingly to admit the
counsel of
others.
Eikon Basilike.
3. Adequate substance or means; competence. "An elegant sufficiency." Thomson.
4. Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.
5. Conceit; self-confidence; self- sufficiency.
Sufficiency is a compound of
vanity and ignorance.
Sir
W. Temple.
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