Definitions for discant

discant dis·cant

Spelling: [noun dis-kant; verb dis-kant]
IPA: /noun ˈdɪs kænt; verb dɪsˈkænt/

Discant is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 237 anagrams from letters in discant (acdinst).

Definitions for discant

noun

  1. Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.
  2. descant.

verb (used without object)

  1. descant.

Origin of discant

1400-50; late Middle English Medieval Latin discanthus; see descant

Examples for discant

The transition from organum to discant was effected about the year 1100.

It is interesting to recall the origin of our words “treble” and “discant.”

To hear him discant you would have thought his wings were sprouting.

Res est blanda canor; discant cantare puell—Singing is a charming accomplishment: let girls learn to sing.

Then the spirit moving her, she began to discant on things past and people vanished.

Word Value for discant
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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