Suf-fi'cien-cy, n.

(-fish'en-sy), n. [Lat. sufficientia, It. sufficienza, sufficienza, Pr. & Pg. sufficiencia, Sp. suficiencia, Fr. suffisance.] 1. The state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed. His sufficiency is such that he bestows and possesses, his plenty being unexhausted. Doyle. 2. Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity. I am not so confident of my own sufficiency as not willingly to admit the counsel of others. K. Charles.

3. Adequate substance or means; competence. “An elegant sufficiency.” Thomson.
4. Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.
5. Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency.