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Definition of Desinent
1. a. Ending; forming an end; lowermost.
Definition of Desinent
1. terminating [adj]
Medical Definition of Desinent
1. Ending; forming an end; lowermost. "Their desinent parts, fish." Origin: L. Desinens, p. Pr. Of desinere, desitum, to leave off, cease; de- + sinere to let, allow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Desinent
Literary usage of Desinent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1847)
"... come before Apollo, and seek to reform the world itself by commissioners, but
there is no remedy, it may not be redressed, desinent homines turn demum ..."
2. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it is with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1883)
"... come before Apollo, and seek to reform the world itself by commissioners, but
there is no remedy, it may not be redressed, desinent homines turn demum ..."
3. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomsm by Robert Burton (1850)
"... come before Apollo, and seek to reform the world itself by commissioners, but
there is no remedy, it may not be redressed, desinent homines turn demum ..."
4. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes by Robert Burton (1821)
"... come before Apollo, and seek to reform the world it self by commissioners;
but there is no remedy; it may not be redressed : desinent homines turn demum ..."
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