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discord
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English
Etymology
Circa 1230, Middle English descorde, discorde; from Anglo-Norman, Old French descort (derivative of descorder), descorde (“disagreement”); from Latin discordia, from discors (“disagreeing, disagreement”), from dis- (“apart”) + cor, cordis (“heart”).
Verb derives from Middle English discorden, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descorder, from Latin discord?re, from discord-, as above.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?d?sk??d/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d?sk??d/
Noun
discord (countable and uncountable, plural discords)
- Lack of concord, agreement or harmony.
- A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
- 1775, Edmund Burke, Conciliation with America
- Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire.
- Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
- (music) An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
- Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.
Derived terms
- apple of discord
Related terms
- discordant
- Discordianism
Translations
Pronunciation 2
- (General American) IPA(key): /d?s?k??d/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d?s?k??d/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
Verb
discord (third-person singular simple present discords, present participle discording, simple past and past participle discorded)
- (intransitive, archaic) To disagree; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
- (transistive, rare) To untie things which are connected by a cord.
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rancour
English
Etymology
First attested as Middle English rancour in the early 13th century, from Old French rancor, from Latin rancor (“rancidity, grudge, rancor”), from *rance? (“be rotten or putrid, stink”), from which also English rancid.
Noun
rancour (countable and uncountable, plural rancours)
- Britain and Canada spelling of rancor
References
- rancour in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- rankor, rauncour, rancor, rankowre, rancur, rankour
Etymology
From Old French rancor, from Latin rancor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ran?ku?r/, /?rankur/
- (Late ME) IPA(key): /?rank?r/
Noun
rancour
- Jealousy, ire, towards someone; rancour (also as a metaphorical figure)
- (rare) Rancidity; something which smells vile.
- (rare) A belief that one is engaging in wrongdoing.
Descendants
- English: rancour, rancor
- Scots: rancour
References
- “ranc?ur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-30.
Old French
Noun
rancour f (oblique plural rancours, nominative singular rancour, nominative plural rancours)
- Late Anglo-Norman spelling of rancur
- il se douterent qe nous eussiens conceu vers eux rancour & indignacion
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