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feminine ending

noun

  1. Prosody. an unaccented syllable at the close of a line of poetry, often one that is added to the metrical pattern as an extra syllable.
  2. Grammar. a termination or final syllable marking a feminine word: In Latin is a feminine ending for the ablative case in the singular.


feminine ending

noun

  1. prosody an unstressed syllable at the end of a line of verse
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of feminine ending1

First recorded in 1890–95
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Example Sentences

One controversial solution is to add a “gender star” or asterisk between the word and the added feminine ending.

From Ozy

Another feminine ending among the Anglo-Saxons was gith, which, as elsewhere noted, I have supposed to mean woman or goddess.

In the second stanza we have the same measure with feminine ending.

On this account some speak of three accents in the first half line, with a feminine ending.

A simple check-mark in the sixth or seventh column indicates respectively a case of enjambement or of feminine ending.

When preceded by the feminine word pars, the feminine ending is used (antica).

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