Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

discordian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables
dis-cor-dian
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to Discordianism, an absurdist religion founded in the 1950s.

noun

A person who subscribes to the ideas of Discordianism.

noun

A user of the Discord chat program.

Informal

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English cord English discord Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Discordian From discord + -ian.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more Discordian (comparative) most Discordian (superlative) Discordians (plural)

Questions

What does discordian mean?
Of or pertaining to Discordianism, an absurdist religion founded in the 1950s.
Where does discordian come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English cord English discord Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Discordian From discord + -ian.

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