diatessaron \'dye-uh-TESS-uh-ron\ - 1. a musical interval encompassing four staff positions spanning five semitones; a
perfect fourth 2.
cap :
a
gospel harmony created in the second century by
Tatian
I've encountered an attribution to this second definition before; it's about time I looked it up! The first was an added bonus. (Also, sometimes I have to cobble together concise definitions - or, in some cases, pronunciations - from the resources I find; if I make any errors in the effort, they are mine and not the fault of my sources, and I apologize for leading the reader astray.)
cavil \KAV-uhl\ - to complain about things that are not important
Sometimes a very common WOTD takes me to a word I've never heard before.
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