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dis⋅so⋅nant

  [dis-uh-nuhnt]
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–adjective
1. disagreeing or harsh in sound; discordant.
2. out of harmony; incongruous; at variance.
3. Music. characterized by dissonance.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME dissonaunte (< AF) < L dissonant- (s. of dissonāns, prp. of dissonāre to sound harsh), equiv. to disson- (deriv. of dissonus discordant; see dis- 1 , sound ) + -ant- -ant

Related forms:
dis⋅so⋅nant⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
2. incompatible, incongruent, inconsistent.
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dis·so·nant   (dĭs'ə-nənt)   
adj.  

  1. Harsh and inharmonious in sound; discordant.

  2. Being at variance; disagreeing.

  3. Music Constituting or producing a dissonance.


[Middle English dissonaunt, from Old French dissonant, from Latin dissonāns, dissonant-, present participle of dissonāre, to be dissonant : dis-, apart; see dis- + sonāre, to sound; see swen- in Indo-European roots.]
dis'so·nant·ly adv.
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dissonant 
1490, from L. dissonantem (nom. dissonans), prp. of dissonare "differ in sound," from dis- "apart" + sonare "to sound" (see sound (n.1)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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