ender

Something which ends another thing.

Noun

  1. Something which ends another thing.
    • The papal paragraph quoted at the outset of this essay is a starting point for some future intervention, not an argument ender that anyone in Silicon Valley is likely to accept. - 2026 May 27, Ross Douthat, “Pope Leo’s...

Origin

From Middle English endere, ender; equivalent to end (verb) + -er (agent noun suffix).

Forms

enders

Derived

table-ender

Noun Entry 2

  1. A maneuver in which one uses the pressure of a wave to flip one's kayak end over end.

Origin

Etymology tree English end Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English ender From end (noun) + -er (relational noun suffix).

Forms

enders

Related

bitter-ender dead-ender double-ender nose-ender open-ender rear-ender tail-ender