SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY: DESCANT

   SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY:      DESCANT

PRONUNCIATION:

(verb: des-KANT, dis-, noun: DES-kant)

  

MEANING:

verb:intr. 1 to talk  tediously. 2. To sing or play a descant.

noun: 1. A comment on a subject. 2. An ornamental melody sung or played above a basic melody..

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin discantus (refrain), from dis- (apart, away) + cantus (song), from canere (to sing). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kan- (sing), which also gave us hen, chant, accent, enchant, incentive, recant, cantor, and charm. Earliest documented use: 1380.

USAGE:

"These disappointments were descanted on, bitterly and frequently."
John Gross; Lessons of an Immoderate Master; The New York Review of Books; Jun 26, 1997.

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