discord

Definition

Lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord.

Etymology

Circa 1230, Middle English descorde, discorde; from Anglo-Norman, Old French descort (derivative of descorder), descorde (“disagreement”); from Latin discordia, from discors (“disagreeing, disagreement”), from dis- (“apart”) + cor, cordis (“heart”). Verb derives from Middle English discorden, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descorder, from Latin discordāre, from discord-, as above.

Example Sentences

• "A false witnesse that speaketh lies; and him that soweth discord among brethren."
• "The proposition is peace. Not peace through the medium of war; not peace to be hunted through the labyrinth of intricate and endless negotiations; not peace to arise out of universal discord, fomented from principle, in all parts of the empire; […]"
• "[…] For a Diſcord it ſelfe is but a Harſhneſſe of Diuers Sounds Meeting."

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