Added 5 October 2026
discordant
/dɪsˈkɔːdn̩t/ adjective
In Latin: discordābilis, discors, absonō Wiktionary
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- Not in accord or harmony; conflicting, incompatible.
- Of people: disagreeing with each other; dissenting, quarrelsome.
- Of sounds: harsh, jarring; specifically , of musical notes or tunes: not in harmony; dissonant, inharmonious.
noun
Origin
From Late Middle English discordaunt (“(adjective) not in accord or harmony; dissonant; (noun) element not in accord or harmony”), from Anglo-Norman descorda(u)nt, discorda(u)nt, Middle French descordant, discordant, and Old French descordant, discordant (“of people: quarrelsome; of things: in disagreement, at variance”) (modern French discordant), an adjective use of the present participle of descorder, discorder (“to fail to agree or harmonize, clash, disagree, discord”), from Latin discordāre, the present active infinitive of discordō (“to disagree, quarrel with”), from discors (“discordant, different, inharmonious”) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs).
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