Definitions for discants

discants dis·cant

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

Discants is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 287 anagrams from letters in discants (acdinsst).

Definitions for discants

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 discants

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

Examples for discants

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for discants
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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