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Ode

//oʊd// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    Initialism of Oxford Dictionary of English. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    Initialism of Orchestration Director Engine. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    An odonate; a dragonfly or damselfly. slang
  3. 3
    Initialism of ordinary differential equation. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    a lyric poem with complex stanza forms wordnet

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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