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discord

noun
/ˈdɪskɔɹd/US/ˈdɪskɔːd/UK/dɪsˈkɔɹd/US/dɪsˈkɔːd/UK

Etymology

Circa 1230, Middle English descorde, discorde; from Anglo-Norman, Old French descort (derivative of descorder), descorde (“disagreement”); from Latin discordia, from discors (“disagreeing, disagreement”), from dis- (“apart”) + cor, cordis (“heart”). Verb derives from Middle English discorden, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descorder, from Latin discordāre, from discord-, as above.

  1. derived from discordāre
  2. derived from descorder
  3. inherited from discorden
  4. derived from discordia
  5. derived from descort
  6. inherited from descorde

Definitions

  1. Lack of concord, agreement, harmony

    Lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord.

    • A false witnesse that speaketh lies; and him that soweth discord among brethren.

  2. Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement

    Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.

  3. Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.

    • […] For a Diſcord it ſelfe is but a Harſhneſſe of Diuers Sounds Meeting.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones

      An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.

    2. To disagree

      To disagree; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.

      • […] Sometimes the one Iarring and diſcording with the other, and making a Confuſion; […]

    3. To untie things which are connected by a cord.

    4. An instant messaging and VoIP social platform which allows communication through voice…

      An instant messaging and VoIP social platform which allows communication through voice calls, video calls, text messaging, and media.

    5. A Discord server.

    6. A Discord account.

      • Most days, she falls asleep with her Discord on; while some days, she barely even sleeps at all.
      • Finally my PC was ready and I clicked in to my Discord. They’d made a new DM group chat.
      • Even though I have my pronouns pasted everywhere — my Instagram, my Discord, my LinkedIn, my email signature — so many people I interact with daily still do not get the hint.

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Derived

apple of discord, discordful, Discordian, discordous

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at discord. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01discord02agreement03parties04partie05party06faction

A definitional loop anchored at discord. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at discord

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA