feminine ending
noun
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.
Grammar. a termination or final syllable marking a feminine word: In Latin -ā is a feminine ending for the ablative case in the singular.
Words nearby feminine ending
femicide, feminacy, femineity, feminine, feminine caesura, feminine ending, feminine rhyme, femininity, femininity complex, feminism, feminist
Origin of feminine ending
First recorded in 1890–95
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British Dictionary definitions for feminine ending
feminine ending
noun
prosody an unstressed syllable at the end of a line of verse
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