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(noun) a melody or counterpoint sung above the plainsong of the tenor OR (verb) to talk tediously or at length

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descant



He in fact pleasures in his own descant interpretations of what is being said.

pretty

—p.133 Book Two: Palace of Purification (103) by Michael Ondaatje
uncertain
10 months ago


turning up at their door to descant on Annagret's ingratitude

the second meaning in this case

—p.459 The Killer (445) by Jonathan Franzen
uncertain
7 years, 6 months ago


Long past the hour when his clenched fists would have given out, they whoop descant to the storm.

—p.296 TRUNK (153) by Richard Powers
strange
4 years, 8 months ago