(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:01:18

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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