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Webster 1913 Edition


Displacency

Dis-pla′cen-cy

,
Noun.
[LL.
displacentia
, for L.
displicentia
, fr.
displicere
to displease;
dis-
+
placere
to please. See
Displease
, and cf.
Displeasance
.]
Want of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Displacency

DISPLACENCY

,
Noun.
[L., to displease.; to please.] Incivility; that which displeases or disobliges.

Definition 2024


displacency

displacency

English

Noun

displacency (plural displacencies)

  1. (obsolete) Lack of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike.
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