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ode

/oʊd/ noun

In Latin: oda Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about ode at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.

Origin

From Middle French ode, from Late Latin ōda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”). Doublet of Aoede.

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