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dissentaneous

dissentaneous adjective: disagreeing; contrary; differing.

Adjective

dissentaneous (comparative more dissentaneous, superlative most dissentaneous)

  1. disagreeing; contrary; differing
    • their own prophets do on many occasions affirm and complain ; being dissentaneous and repugnant to the common humour and genius of mankind.a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn]...
    • 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...1643, Sir Thomas Browne, Religio Medici, "To The Reader"

Antonyms of dissentaneous

Forms of dissentaneous

comparativemore dissentaneous
superlativemost dissentaneous

Origin of dissentaneous

From Latin dissentaneus. See dissent.

Words formed from dissentaneous

Questions about dissentaneous

What does dissentaneous mean?
Dissentaneous means disagreeing; contrary; differing.
What part of speech is dissentaneous?
Dissentaneous is an adjective.

Words near dissentaneous in the dictionary

  1. dissensus
  2. dissensuses
  3. dissent
  4. dissental
  5. dissentals
  6. dissentaneous
  7. dissentaneousness
  8. dissentany
  9. dissentation
  10. dissentations
  11. dissented

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