† dissonancyn.
Obsolete.
Dissonant quality.
1.
a. = dissonance n. 1.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [noun] > lack of harmony
discorda1398
discordancea1425
absurdityc1429
dissonance1598
discordancy1607
disharmony1656
dissonancy1657
cacophony1776
mistone1813
unharmony1832
1657 W. Rand tr. P. Gassendi Mirrour of Nobility v. 147 Certain Treatises of Consonancies and Dissonancies..and of musical composition or setting.
1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists iii. ii. 213 In Musick [there is] the Chromatick kind, and skilful Mixture of Dissonancys.
1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Sensus Communis: Ess. Freedom of Wit 109 The Rules of Harmony will not permit it. The Dissonancys are too strong.
b. The combination of different sounds (in harmony).Apparently an isolated use.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [noun] > agreement of sounds or harmony
cordc1300
accordmentc1330
concorda1340
accorda1387
consonancya1387
accordancea1400
cordinga1400
symphonyc1440
proportiona1450
chord?c1475
uthec1478
attemperance1481
consonant1483
monochordc1500
concordancea1513
concent1538
consort1587
harmoge1601
minstrelsy1605
dissonancy1626
harmoniousness1679
harmonicalness1693
concentus1769
attune1850
1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis x. 199 The Poet..hauing tun'd his strings, In dissonancie musicall, thus sings.
2. = dissonance n. 2 (The more usual sense.)
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [noun]
discordance1340
variancec1374
discorda1387
disconvenience?a1425
unsuingc1425
disaccordancec1436
unaccordancec1449
inconveniencec1460
discrepancea1464
difformness1547
disagreeance1548
disagreeing1548
jar1548
disagreement1551
disagreeableness1570
dissonancy1584
discordancy1587
discoherencea1600
disconveniency1601
disharmonya1602
dissent1603
dissonancea1604
incongruency1604
incongruence1610
incongruity1612
discongruity1624
inconformity1625
discorrespondencya1641
inconsonancy1650
inconsistence1651
dissidy1657
unagreeableness1658
discomposure1659
disconsonancy1659
uncorrespondency1659
inconveniency1662
unconsonancy1665
incorrespondence1667
oddness1680
inconsistency1699
incongruousness1727
irreconcilementa1737
discrepancy1748
incoincidence?1798
inaccordance1808
inconsonance1811
inaccordancy1817
incorrespondency1817
cacophony1831
divergence1837
disaccord1871
1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft x. iii. 179 A dissonancie in opinions about dreames.
1613 T. Jackson Eternall Truth Script. i. xxxii. §2. 229 Their stile, character, or dissonancie to Canonicall Scriptures.
1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. i. iv Those things..haue no dissonancy from reason.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi v. ii. 42/2 The Objectors will find as much Dissonancy from the Scriptural Example, in their own Practice.
1748 J. Geddes Ess. Composition Antients 351 He who loves not what he thinks good and honest..dwells with discord and dissonancy.
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