discant

[ noun dis-kant; verb dis-kant ]

noun
  1. Also dis·can·tus [dis-kan-tuhs]. /dɪsˈkæn təs/. Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.

verb (used without object)

Origin of discant

1
1400–50; late Middle English <Medieval Latin discanthus;see descant

Other words from discant

  • dis·cant·er, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for discant

discant

noun(ˈdɪskænt)
verb(dɪsˈkænt)

Derived forms of discant

  • discanter, noun

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