decidence en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈdɛsɪdəns/
Etymology
Latin decidens (“falling off”).
Meanings
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(archaic) A falling off or falling out: shedding.
decidence of an animal's winter coat
decidence of teeth
men, observing the decidence of their horns
1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:decidence of wool