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desinence|ˈdɛsɪnəns|
[a. F. désinence (16th c. in Hatzfeld) = It. desinenza ‘a desinence or termination’ (Florio), ad. med.L. dēsinentia, f. dēsinent-em: see next.]
Termination, ending, close; Gram. a termination, suffix, or ending of a word.
1599Bp. Hall Sat. Postcr., Fettering together the series of the verses, with the bondes of like cadence or desinence of rime. 1623Favine Theat. Hon. ii. i. 67 The Romaine desinence or ending. 1814Berington Lit. Hist. Mid. Ages v. (1846) 273 The ear was thus flattered by a certain musical desinence, nor could it a moment doubt where every verse closed. 1873Bardsley Surnames i. (1875) 13 The Saxon added ‘son’, as a desinence, as ‘Williamson’. |