Hi everybody,
My girlfriend and I got stuck on the name of the card "Cedistic Dissonant" and we're having trouble figuring out what it means. I've done my usual due diligence pile of searches and I just can't find the word anywhere. Is it a typo, perhaps? I don't mean to be calling anyone out for anything, I just really hate not knowing what a word means. :)
The etymology of the word was actually discussed during playtesting. If I'm remembering correctly, it was a completely new word created by Christopher, as well as being a malamanteau. (A malamanteau is a malapropism of portmanteau, as well as a portmanteau of malapropism and portmanteau.)
Yeah, if I remember correctly from the playtest discussion, it's a combination of Sadistic and some musical term.
The adjective is derived from the same root as the verb "to cede".
So it's a malamanteau meaning "something cruelly forcing you to surrender something"? That makes perfect sense in context.