The part of grammar that deals with the inflections of words.

synonym: inflectional morphology.

Roget 567: grammar, accidence, syntax, praxis, punctuation; parts of speech; jussive^†; syllabication; inflection, case, declension, conjugation; us et norma loquendi [Lat.]; Lindley Murray etc. (schoolbook) 542; correct style, philology etc. (language) 560.    ... show more