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Showing words for DIESIS using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Diesis

diesis

5 Letter Words for Diesis

issei, sides

4 Letter Words for Diesis

deis, desi, dess, dies, ides, ised, isis, seis, side, sidi, sids, sise, sisi, ssed

3 Letter Words for Diesis

dei, des, die, dis, eds, esd, ess, ide, ids, ise, sds, sed, sei, sie, sis, sse

Definitions for Diesis

[1] double dagger.
[2] printing another name for double dagger
[3] music (in ancient Greek theory) any interval smaller than a whole tone, esp a semitone in the Pythagorean scale (in modern theory) the discrepancy of pitch in just intonation between an octave and either a succession of four ascending minor thirds (great diesis ), or a succession of three ascending major thirds (minor diesis )

Words nearby Diesis

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Origin of Diesis

1350–1400; orig., any of several musical intervals smaller than a tone (for which a double dagger was used as a symbol); Middle English < Latin di(h)esis < Greek díesis literally, a sending through, equivalent to die-, base of diïénai to send through (di- di-3 + hiénai to send) + -sis -sis

Word origin for Diesis

C16: via Latin from Greek: a quarter tone, literally: a sending through, from diienai; the double dagger was originally used in musical notation