descants
Meaning of descants
plural noun
- an independent treble melody sung or played above a basic melody.
- a discourse on a theme.
his descant of deprivation
- 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.
- Languages in which descants is used:
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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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