discontent
/dɪskənˈtent/dih-skuhn-TENT
/dɪskənˈtɛnt/dih-skuhn-TENT
Meaningnot held content
Common meaning: a restless feeling of dissatisfaction
- disapart, away; not
- conwith, together; thoroughly
- tento hold, keep hold ofLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1853 · scan
- tpast-participle ending
‘apart, away’ + ‘with, together’ + ‘to hold, keep hold of’ → discontent
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin teneō ‘to hold, keep hold of’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry teneō, p. 1853 · dictionary scan
Roots
- teneō, tenuī, tentum Latin “to hold, keep hold of”
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