desinencen.
/ˈdɛsɪnəns/ Termination, ending, close; Grammar a termination, suffix, or ending of a word.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun]
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [noun] > affix > suffix
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > stanza > end of a stanza
desinence1598
1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. Postscr. 104 Fettering together the series of the verses, with the bones of like cadence or desinence of ryme.
1623 tr. A. Favyn Theater of Honour & Knight-hood ii. i. 67 The Romaine desinence or ending.
1814 J. Berington Lit. Hist. Middle Ages (1846) v. 273 The ear was thus flattered by a certain musical desinence, nor could it a moment doubt where every verse closed.
1873 C. W. Bardsley Eng. Surnames (1875) i. 13 The Saxon added ‘son’, as a desinence, as ‘Williamson’.
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