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desinence

[des-uh-nuhns]

noun

a termination or ending, as the final line of a verse.

Grammar. a termination, ending, or suffix of a word.

Origin:
1590–1600; < French < Medieval Latin dēsinentia, equivalent to Latin dēsinent- (stem of dēsinēns), present participle of dēsinere to put down, leave (dē- de- + sinere to leave) + -ia -ia; see -ence

Related forms

des·i·nent, des·i·nen·tial

[des-uh-nen-shuhl] , adjective

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a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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desinence (ˈdɛsɪnəns)

—n
	grammar an ending or termination, esp an inflectional ending of a word

[C16: from French désinence, from Latin dēsinēns ending, from dēsinere to leave off, from de- + sinere to leave, permit]

'desinent

—*adj*

desinential

—*adj*

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