discordedadj.
/dɪˈskɔːdᵻd/, U.S. /ˌdɪˈskɔrdəd/ Now rare.
= discordant adj. (in various senses).
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the mind > language > statement > dissent or disagreement > [adjective]
variant1412
discordant1474
disagreeing1550
dissenting1550
dissident?c1550
disassentinga1572
differinga1586
disagreed1596
discorded1597
incompliable1625
unconsented1631
two1650
dissentient1651
dissentive1661
unassenting1836
divaricate1855
1597 J. Carpenter Preparatiue to Contentation xxiiii. 314 Answere them..not according to their expectation: neither sing with them in their discorded tunes.
a1632 T. Middleton & J. Webster Any Thing for Quiet Life (1662) v. sig. H2v Discorded friends atton'd, men and their wives.
1694 Govt. of Thoughts xv. 61 As a Seditious City, or a Discorded House cannot be Happy; so a discorded Mind, cannot be at Unity in it self.
a1718 in Coll. Lett. & Ess. Dublin Jrnl. (1729) II. 61 Despise the Raptures of discorded Fire.
1804 A. Seward Mem. Dr. Darwin 128 Thou..Whose finer sense each soft vibration owns, Mute and unfeeling to discorded [1783 discordant] tones.
2002 New Eng. Rev. Spring 148 Guitars and girls bouncing a lovely discorded concerto across the present frame of history.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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