19 December 2013

discordant

[dis-kawr-dnt]

adjective

1. being at variance; disagreeing; incongruous: discordant opinions.
2. disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh.
3. Geology . (of strata) structurally unconformable.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English discordaunt < Anglo-French < Latin discordant- (stem of discordāns ), present participle of discordāre. See discord, -ant

Related forms
dis·cord·ant·ly, adverb
non·dis·cord·ant, adjective
un·dis·cord·ant, adjective
un·dis·cord·ant·ly, adverb

Anagram

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Today’s aphorism

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

– Marcus Tullius Cicero

On this day

19 December 1847 – death of Emily Bronte, author of the novel, ‘Wuthering Heights‘.

19 December 1915 – birth of Édith Piaf, French singer. Born Édith Giovanna Gassion, died 10 October 1963.