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discrepant

adj
/ˈdɪskɹɪpənt/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin crepō Latin discrepō Latin discrepānsder. English discrepant From Latin discrepāns, present participle of discrepō (“to differ in sound, differ, disagree”), from dis- (“apart”) + crepō (“to make a noise, crackle”).

  1. derived from discrepāns

Definitions

  1. Showing difference

    Showing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar.

    • But the term 'godlike,' […] becomes exceedingly vague, for many gods have flourished in religious history, and their attributes have been discrepant enough.

  2. A dissident.

    • If you persecute heretics or discrepants, they unite themselves as to a common defence […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at discrepant. 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.

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

10 hops · closes at discrepant

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

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