ACCIDENCE


Meaning of ACCIDENCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈak-sə-dən(t)s, -ˌden(t)s ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin accidentia inflections of words, nonessential qualities, plural of accident-, accidens, noun

Date: 15th century

: a part of grammar that deals with inflections

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