Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

discutient

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-cutient
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Serving to disperse morbid matter; discussive.

Archaic

noun

An agent, such as a medicinal application, that serves to disperse morbid matter.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"a discutient application/remedy"
"The Lips of the Abſceſs digeſted vvell, but from vvithin it onely gleeted, and thruſt out Fat, vvhich vve daily cut off vvithout the loſs of a drop of blood, and dreſſed up the Abſceſs vvith mundif. ex apio, continuing the uſe of diſcutient Fomentations and Cataplaſms."
"The next day I fomented vvith Diſcutients, to vvhich vvas added ſpir. vini."

Etymology

From Latin discutiens, the present participle of discutere. See discuss.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: discutiens

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more discutient (comparative) most discutient (superlative) discutients (plural)

Questions

What does discutient mean?: Serving to disperse morbid matter; discussive.
Where does discutient come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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