different between lowermost vs desinent

English

lower +? -most

lowermost (not comparable)

From Latin desinens, present participle of desinere, desitum (“to leave off, cease”); de- + sinere (“to let, allow”).

desinent (comparative more desinent, superlative most desinent)

(obsolete) Ending; forming an end; lowermost.
- 1605, Ben Jonson, The Masque of Blackness
  In front of this sea were placed six tritons, in moving and sprightly actions, their upper parts human, save that their hairs were blue, as partaking of the sea-colour: their desinent parts fish, mounted above their heads, and all varied in disposition.

d?sinent

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