desinential

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin dēsinentia +‎ -al. Compare French désinentiel.

Adjective

desinential (not comparable)

  1. terminal
    Furthermore, b, as a desinential element, has a dynamic function. — Fitzed. Hall.
  2. consisting of desinences or grammatical endings
    desinential inflection

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for desinential in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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