Descant
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈdɛskænt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Descant is a noun meaning A lengthy discourse on a subject.
Meaning
A lengthy discourse on a subject.
More Meanings
- (music) A counterpoint melody sung or played above the theme.
- (intransitive) To discuss at length.
- (intransitive, music) To sing or play a descant.
Example Sentences
Upon that simplest of themes how magnificent a descant!
Involving some interesting, intellectual trips, she was descanting lightly to right and left.
[B]ut shun the establishment of a bachelor who has hung a pendulum between temptation and prudence till the age of———but of all subjects, age is the one on which it is most invidious to descant.
This is a surprise attack, and I'd no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. I am sure, Lord Stranleigh, that he has been descanting on the distraction of the woods and the camp, or perhaps the metropolitan dissipation of Philadelphia, […]
Word Forms
- descants
- descanting
- descanted
Synonyms for descant
Depending on context, synonyms include warble, discant, yodel.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include warble, yodel, discant, melody, disquisition, disceptation.
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