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discrepant

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin discrepāns, present participle of discrepō (to differ in sound, differ, disagree), from dis- (apart) + crepō (to make a noise, crackle).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪskɹɪpənt/, /dɪˈskɹɛpənt/

Adjective

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discrepant (comparative more discrepant, superlative most discrepant)

  1. Showing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar.
    • 1678, R[alph] Cudworth, chapter IV, in The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: [] Richard Royston, [], →OCLC:
      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 []
    • 1902, William James, “Lecture II: Circumscription of the Topic”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature [] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. [], →OCLC, page 34:
      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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Noun

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discrepant (plural discrepants)

  1. (archaic) A dissident.
    • 1646, Jeremy Taylor, A Discourse of the Liberty of Prophesying:
      If you persecute heretics or discrepants, they unite themselves as to a common defence []

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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Latin discrepantem, present active participle of discrepō (to differ in sound, differ, disagree).

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Adjective

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discrepant m or f (masculine and feminine plural discrepants)

  1. differing, divergent
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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discrepant

  1. gerund of discrepar

Latin

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Verb

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discrepant

  1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of discrepō

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian discrepante.

Adjective

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discrepant m or n (feminine singular discrepantă, masculine plural discrepanți, feminine and neuter plural discrepante)

  1. discrepant, diverging

Declension

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite discrepant discrepantă discrepanți discrepante
definite discrepantul discrepanta discrepanții discrepantele
genitive-
dative
indefinite discrepant discrepante discrepanți discrepante
definite discrepantului discrepantei discrepanților discrepantelor