descant C2 Topic:Register & Style UK /ˈdɛskænt/ See IPA manual Freq #142884 Meanings 1 noun A lengthy discourse on a subject. Upon that simplest of themes how magnificent a descant! Thesaurus Word family Derived forms descanterdescantist Etymology From Anglo-Norman descaunt, from Medieval Latin discantus. Doublet of discant. Topics Register & Style External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # descant **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (UK):** /ˈdɛskænt/ **Frequency rank:** 142884 ## Meanings 1. A lengthy discourse on a subject. ## Examples - Upon that simplest of themes how magnificent a descant! ## Derived Forms - descanter - descantist ## Etymology From Anglo-Norman descaunt, from Medieval Latin discantus. Doublet of discant. ## Topics - Register & Style markdown