masculine ending


noun
  1. a final inflection or suffix designating that a word belongs to the masculine gender.

  2. a stressed syllable that ends a line of verse.

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British Dictionary definitions for masculine ending

masculine ending

noun
  1. prosody a stressed syllable at the end of a line of verse: Compare feminine ending

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