Meanings
adjectivedefectious (comparative more defectious, superlative most defectious)
comparative more defectious · superlative most defectious
- obsoleteDefective, having defects.
some one defectious piece
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
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latinde-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
- Proto-Italic*θakjō
- Proto-Italic*fakjō
- Latinfacio
- Latindēficiō
- Latindēfectus
- Englishdefect
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
- Englishdefectious
Cite this entry
APA
defectious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defectious
MLA
“defectious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defectious. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “defectious,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defectious.
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