descants

Meaning of descants

plural noun
  1. an independent treble melody sung or played above a basic melody.
  2. a discourse on a theme.
    his descant of deprivation
verb, 3rd person present
  1. talk tediously or at length.
    I have descanted on this subject before

late Middle English: from Old French deschant, from medieval Latin discantus ‘part-song, refrain’.

Information about descants

  • The singular form of descants is: descant.
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Hyphenation of descants

des-cants

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • descants is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

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