defectious

English

Etymology

From defect +‎ -ious.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɛkʃəs/

Adjective

defectious (comparative more defectious, superlative most defectious)

1. (obsolete) Defective, having defects.
   • a. 1587 (date written), Phillip Sidney [i.e., Philip Sidney], An Apologie for Poetrie. […], London: […] [James Roberts] for Henry Olney, […], published 1595, →OCLC; republished as Edward Arber, editor, An Apologie for Poetrie (English Reprints), London: [Alexander Murray & Son], 1 April 1868, →OCLC:

     some one defectious piece

References

• “defectious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.