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discrepant

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/ˈdɪskɹɪpənt/
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/ˈdɪskɹɪpənt/ · /dɪˈskɹɛpənt/

Definition of discrepant

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (formal)Showing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar.
    “The Egyptians were doubtless the most singular of all the Pagans, and the most oddly discrepant from the rest in their manner of worship; yet nevertheless, that these also agreed with the rest in those fundamentals of worshipping one supreme and universal Numen […]”
    “But the term 'godlike,' […] becomes exceedingly vague, for many gods have flourished in religious history, and their attributes have been discrepant enough.”
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adj

  1. (formal)Showing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar.
    “The Egyptians were doubtless the most singular of all the Pagans, and the most oddly discrepant from the rest in their manner of worship; yet nevertheless, that these also agreed with the rest in those fundamentals of worshipping one supreme and universal Numen […]”
    “But the term 'godlike,' […] becomes exceedingly vague, for many gods have flourished in religious history, and their attributes have been discrepant enough.”

noun

  1. (archaic, formal)A dissident.
    “If you persecute heretics or discrepants, they unite themselves as to a common defence […]”

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin crepō Latin discrepō Latin discrepānsder. English discrepant From Latin discrepāns, present participle of discrepō (“to differ in sound, differ, disagree”), from dis- (“apart”) + crepō (“to make a noise, crackle”).

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