Desinent

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Desinent \Des"i*nent\, a. [L. desinens, p. pr. of desinere,
     desitum, to leave off, cease; de- + sinere to let, allow.]
     Ending; forming an end; lowermost. [Obs.] "Their desinent
     parts, fish." --B. Jonson.
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