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desinent

desinent adjective: ending; forming an end; lowermost.

Adjective

desinent (comparative more desinent, superlative most desinent)

  1. (obsolete) Ending; forming an end; lowermost.
    • In front of this sea were placed six tritons, in moving and sprightly actions, their upper parts human, save that their hairs were blue, as partaking of the sea-colour: their desinent parts fish, mounted above their heads, and all varied in disposition.1605, Ben Jonson, The Masque of Blackness

Forms of desinent

comparativemore desinent
superlativemost desinent

Origin of desinent

From Latin desinens, present participle of desinere, desitum (“to leave off, cease”); de- + sinere (“to let, allow”).

Words formed from desinent

Questions about desinent

What does desinent mean?
Desinent means ending; forming an end; lowermost.
What part of speech is desinent?
Desinent is an adjective.

Words near desinent in the dictionary

  1. DeSimone
  2. Desimones
  3. desimplify
  4. desinence
  5. desinences
  6. desinent
  7. desinential
  8. desinential inflection
  9. desinential inflections
  10. desiness
  11. desinew

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