accidence

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ac=ci=dence

CIDE DICTIONARY

accidence, n. [A corruption of Eng. accidents, pl. of accident. See Accident, 2.].

•  The accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]
•  The rudiments of any subject.  Lowell.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

accidence, n. the part of grammar that deals with the variable parts or inflections of words.

Etymology

med.L sense of L accidentia (transl. Gk parepomena) neut. pl. of accidens (as ACCIDENT)

ROGET THESAURUS

accidence

Grammar

N grammar, accidence, syntax, praxis, punctuation, parts of speech, jussive, syllabication, inflection, case, declension, conjugation, us et norma loquendi, Lindley Murray, correct style, philology.