Epicede
//ˈɛpɪsiːd// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An elegy; an ode to someone deceased.
""This epicede, longer and more ornate than that issued two years before on Prince Henry, is neither much worse nor much better in substance and in style.""
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More examples""This epicede, longer and more ornate than that issued two years before on Prince Henry, is neither much worse nor much better in substance and in style.""
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin epicēdīon, from Ancient Greek ἐπικήδειον (epikḗdeion), neuter singular form of ἐπικήδειος (epikḗdeios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + κῆδος (kêdos, “care”). Doublet of epicedium.
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