Discord

Origin

Circa 1230, Middle English descorde, discorde; from Anglo-Norman, Old French descort (derivative of descorder), descorde ("disagreement"); from Latin discordia, from discord-, discors ("disagreeing, disagreement"), from dis- ("apart") + cor, cordis, cord-, cors ("heart")

Verb derives from Middle English discorden, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descorder, from Latin discordāre, from discord-, as above.

Full definition of discord

Noun

1. Lack of concord, agreement or harmony.
• Bible, Proverbs vi. 19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
• BurkePeace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire.
2. Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
3. (music) An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
4. Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.
• Francis BaconFor a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds meeting.

Related terms

• discordant
• Discordianism

Verb

1. (archaic) To disagree; to be at variance; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
• Francis BaconThe one discording with the other.