accidence

/หˆรฆk.sษ™.dษ™ns/

IPA: /AE1 K S AH0 D AH0 N S/

noun
  1. 1

    (grammar) The accidents or inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar.

  2. 2

    The rudiments of any subject.

  3. 3

    A book containing the first principles of grammar; by extension, a book containing the rudiments of any subject or art.

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