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imperfection

Today it means: Those qualities or features that are imperfect; the characteristic, state, or quality of being imperfect. Full definition →

Old French imperfeccion ← Latin imperfectiōnem

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Latin · derived fromimperfectiōnem
Old French · derived fromimperfeccion
English todayimperfection

From Old French imperfeccion, from Latin imperfectiōnem, accusative of imperfectiō, from in- + perfectiō. By surface analysis, im- + perfection.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.