Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dissentaneous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-senta-neous
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

disagreeing; contrary; differing

Example Sentences

"their own prophets do on many occasions affirm and complain ; being dissentaneous and repugnant to the common humour and genius of mankind."
"He that shall peruse that worke, and shall take notice of sundry particularities and personall expressions therein, will easily discerne the intention was not publik […] and therefore if there bee any singularitie therein correspondent unto the private conceptions of any man, it doth not advantage them; or if dissentaneous thereunto, it no way overthrowes them."

Etymology

From Latin dissentaneus. See dissent.

Inflected Forms

more dissentaneous (comparative) most dissentaneous (superlative)

Derived Forms

dissentaneousness

Antonyms

consentaneous

Questions

What does dissentaneous mean?: disagreeing; contrary; differing
Where does dissentaneous come from?: From Latin dissentaneus. See dissent.

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