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feminine ending
noun
- Prosody. an unaccented syllable at the close of a line of poetry, often one that is added to the metrical pattern as an extra syllable.
- Grammar. a termination or final syllable marking a feminine word: In Latin -ā is a feminine ending for the ablative case in the singular.
feminine ending
noun
- prosody an unstressed syllable at the end of a line of verse
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Word History and Origins
Origin of feminine ending1
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Example Sentences
One controversial solution is to add a “gender star” or asterisk between the word and the added feminine ending.
Another feminine ending among the Anglo-Saxons was gith, which, as elsewhere noted, I have supposed to mean woman or goddess.
In the second stanza we have the same measure with feminine ending.
On this account some speak of three accents in the first half line, with a feminine ending.
A simple check-mark in the sixth or seventh column indicates respectively a case of enjambement or of feminine ending.
When preceded by the feminine word pars, the feminine ending is used (antica).
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