decidence

English

Etymology

Latin decidens (“falling off”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛsɪdəns/

Noun

decidence

1. (archaic) A falling off or falling out: shedding.

   decidence of wool

   decidence of teeth

   decidence of an animal's winter coat

   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     men, observing the decidence of their horns

Related terms

• deciduous

References

• “decidence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.