accidence
[ ak-si-duh ns ]
/ ˈæk sɪ dəns /
noun
the rudiments or essentials of a subject.
Grammar.
- the study of inflection as a grammatical device.
- the inflections so studied.
Origin of accidence
1500–1510; < Latin
accidentia, neuter plural of
accidēns (present participle of
accidere to fall, befall). See
accident
Words nearby accidence
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British Dictionary definitions for accidence
accidence
/ (ˈæksɪdəns) /
noun
inflectional morphology; the part of grammar concerned with changes in the form of words by internal modification or by affixation, for the expression of tense, person, case, number, etc
Word Origin for accidence
C15: from Latin
accidentia accidental matters, hence inflections of words, from
accidere to happen. See
accident