decidencen.

Brit.

/ˈdɛsᵻd(ə)ns/, U.S.

/ˈdɛsəd(ə)ns/

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin dēcidere , -ence suffix.

Etymology: Apparently < classical Latin dēcidere to fall off (see decide v.²) + -ence suffix. Compare later decide v.², decident adj., and also earlier decadence n. (which is not attested in the concrete sense ‘act or process of falling down or off’ until considerably later).In sense 2 after post-classical Latin decidentia decline (1645 in the passage translated in quot. 1655 at sense 2; earlier in sense ‘loss, deficit’ (from 14th cent. in British sources; 1510–11 in a continental source)).

Now rare.

1. The act or process of falling down or off.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > body and parts > antler > shed horns > shedding of

decidence1615

the beauty of their wildness1632

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια x. iv. 741 There is a third motion of a Muscle which is yet more improper, in which it is neither contracted nor relaxed but falleth with his own weight, and this is called translation or decidence and sinking.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. ix. 127 The decidence of their [deer's] hornes.

1663 G. Harvey Archelogia Philosophica Nova II. ii. xv. 358 Rain is the decidence of clouds in drops.

1780 T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. I. Decidence, the quality of being shed, or of falling off; the act of falling away.

1836 Cultivator July 71/1 (heading) Periodical decidence of wool and hair.

1878 E. C. P. Hull European in India (ed. 3) iv. 47 Nor is there any periodic decidence of foliage, except as the vegetable kingdom is affected by rains and drought.

1908 G. Paulin No Struggle for Existence ii. v. 233 Vice and misery..are..the accumulations of the continuous deposition of human sediment that is ever falling out of respectable society, a decidence that no known or conceivable organisation of benevolent agencies can suffice to prevent.

2. The act or process of diminishing in strength, vigour, etc.; decline; deterioration.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > declining or falling off

declinea1327

fadea1400

paira1400

declining1481

vading1570

fall1590

hield1599

languishment1617

decay1636

defalcation1649

decidence1655

fall-off1676

falling off1761

fallaway1879

downswing1922

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [noun] > making or becoming

impairingc1380

failinga1382

aggrievance1502

decaying1530

fading1578

worsinga1583

rusting1597

degeneration1607

degenerating1611

improvementa1617

going back1631

aggravidizationa1641

disimprovement1649

decidence1655

deterioration1658

pejoration1658

exaggeration1661

marasmus1681

sinking1701

unimprovement1760

worsening1811

worsering1883

1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick xvii. ii. 642 When the Children are in the Neutral state of Decidence [L. in statu neutro decidentiae].

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician vi. 165 If the bloud, constituted in this state of decidence [L. in hoc decidentiae statu], decay so far as [etc.].

1787 I. Wall Neapolitan Doctor ii. 36 The Seed of one Man and one Woman..act only according to the law of Nature, either in order to generation, or decidence.

1838 N. Wales Chron. 18 Sept. The Established Church..suffered decidence through lack of zeal in its congregations.

1903 T. H. S. Escott King Edward & his Court (1908) xiii. 321 On that supreme topic [sc. liberalism] decidence became the unpardonable sin. Intolerance was but another name for orthodoxy.

1959 R. Carpenter Esthetic Basis of Greek Art of 5th & 4th Cent. B.C. (rev. ed.) iv. 112 The decidence of the Order from favor for temple-construction.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	decidence
释义	decidencen. Brit. /ˈdɛsᵻd(ə)ns/, U.S. /ˈdɛsəd(ə)ns/ Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin dēcidere , -ence suffix. Etymology: Apparently < classical Latin dēcidere to fall off (see decide v.²) + -ence suffix. Compare later decide v.², decident adj., and also earlier decadence n. (which is not attested in the concrete sense ‘act or process of falling down or off’ until considerably later).In sense 2 after post-classical Latin decidentia decline (1645 in the passage translated in quot. 1655 at sense 2; earlier in sense ‘loss, deficit’ (from 14th cent. in British sources; 1510–11 in a continental source)). Now rare. 1. The act or process of falling down or off. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > body and parts > antler > shed horns > shedding of decidence1615 the beauty of their wildness1632 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια x. iv. 741 There is a third motion of a Muscle which is yet more improper, in which it is neither contracted nor relaxed but falleth with his own weight, and this is called translation or decidence and sinking. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. ix. 127 The decidence of their [deer's] hornes. 1663 G. Harvey Archelogia Philosophica Nova II. ii. xv. 358 Rain is the decidence of clouds in drops. 1780 T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. I. Decidence, the quality of being shed, or of falling off; the act of falling away. 1836 Cultivator July 71/1 (heading) Periodical decidence of wool and hair. 1878 E. C. P. Hull European in India (ed. 3) iv. 47 Nor is there any periodic decidence of foliage, except as the vegetable kingdom is affected by rains and drought. 1908 G. Paulin No Struggle for Existence ii. v. 233 Vice and misery..are..the accumulations of the continuous deposition of human sediment that is ever falling out of respectable society, a decidence that no known or conceivable organisation of benevolent agencies can suffice to prevent. 2. The act or process of diminishing in strength, vigour, etc.; decline; deterioration. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > declining or falling off declinea1327 fadea1400 paira1400 declining1481 vading1570 fall1590 hield1599 languishment1617 decay1636 defalcation1649 decidence1655 fall-off1676 falling off1761 fallaway1879 downswing1922 the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [noun] > making or becoming impairingc1380 failinga1382 aggrievance1502 decaying1530 fading1578 worsinga1583 rusting1597 degeneration1607 degenerating1611 improvementa1617 going back1631 aggravidizationa1641 disimprovement1649 decidence1655 deterioration1658 pejoration1658 exaggeration1661 marasmus1681 sinking1701 unimprovement1760 worsening1811 worsering1883 1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick xvii. ii. 642 When the Children are in the Neutral state of Decidence [L. in statu neutro decidentiae]. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician vi. 165 If the bloud, constituted in this state of decidence [L. in hoc decidentiae statu], decay so far as [etc.]. 1787 I. Wall Neapolitan Doctor ii. 36 The Seed of one Man and one Woman..act only according to the law of Nature, either in order to generation, or decidence. 1838 N. Wales Chron. 18 Sept. The Established Church..suffered decidence through lack of zeal in its congregations. 1903 T. H. S. Escott King Edward & his Court (1908) xiii. 321 On that supreme topic [sc. liberalism] decidence became the unpardonable sin. Intolerance was but another name for orthodoxy. 1959 R. Carpenter Esthetic Basis of Greek Art of 5th & 4th Cent. B.C. (rev. ed.) iv. 112 The decidence of the Order from favor for temple-construction. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1615
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