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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[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.

Adj.

Ending; extreme; lower-most.

desinent ‎(comparative more desinent, superlative most desinent)

(obsolete) Ending; forming an end; lowermost.
- Ben Jonson
  In front of this sea were placed six tritons, in moving and sprightly actions, their upper parts human, save that their hairs were blue, as partaking of the sea-colour: their desinent parts fish, mounted above their heads, and all varied in disposition.

dēsinent