Accidence Definition
ăksĭ-dəns, -dĕns
noun
The section of morphology that deals with the inflections of words.
American Heritage
The part of grammar that deals with the inflection of words.
Webster's New World
The elementary or first parts of a subject; rudiments.
Webster's New World
(grammar) The accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar. - John Milton.
Wiktionary
A book containing the first principles of grammar, and so of the rudiments of any subject or art.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- inflectional morphology
Other Word Forms of Accidence
Noun
Singular:
accidence
Plural:
accidencesOrigin of Accidence
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Middle English from Late Latin accidentia from Latin accidēns accident- accident accident
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin accidentia (“accidental matters”), from accidens, present participle of accidere (“to happen”)
From Wiktionary
First attested in the late 14th century.
From Wiktionary
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