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ode

Pronunciation: /oʊd/

The English word “ode” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; especially, now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.
  2. An odonate; a dragonfly or damselfly.

Etymology

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

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