All 5 Uses
discord
in
Dante's Inferno
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- ...tell me the reason why such great discord has assailed it.
Canto 4-6 *discord = conflict
- Eighth Circle: ninth pit: Sowers of discord and schism.†
Canto T.O.
- We passed onward, I and my Leader, along the crag, far as upon the next arch that covers the ditch in which the fee is paid by those who, sowing discord, win their burden.†
Canto 25-27
- Eighth Circle: ninth pit: sowers of discord and schism.†
Canto 28-30
- Piero was a fosterer of discord.†
Canto 28-30
Definitions:
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(1)
(discord as in: discord amongst the group) conflict or disagreement -- especially among those expected to cooperate
or (especially in the form discordant):
seeming different or wrong in context -
(2)
(discord as in: discordant music) unpleasant sound -- especially a combination of sounds that sound wrong together (though sometimes done intentionally in music)
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)