Middle English Dictionary Entry
unful-fillingnesse n.
Entry Info
| Forms | unful-fillingnesse n. |
| Etymology | From ful-filling (ppl. of ful-fillen v.) or unful-fillen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Spiritual incompletion, moral imperfection.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)182/31 : Whanne sich a soule departeth fro þe body, sche passeþ out…in þe blood of myn oonli…sone…And þanne for euere sich a soule is departid fro inperfeccioun, þat is, fro vnfulfillingnesse, and come to perfeccioun fulfillid wiþ al good, þe which good sche vseth eendeleesly.