Ode
//oʊd// name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
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.
"write an ode to someone"
- 2 An odonate; a dragonfly or damselfly. slang
- 3 Initialism of ordinary differential equation. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 4 a lyric poem with complex stanza forms wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
- 2 Initialism of Oxford Dictionary of English. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 3 Initialism of Orchestration Director Engine. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Example
More examples"Master Ode, surrounded by the emperor's guards, continued fighting."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle French ode, from Late Latin ōda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”). Doublet of Aoede.
Etymology 2
Shortening.
Etymology 3
Borrowed from North German and Swedish Ode.
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