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Oud

//uːd// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A short-necked and fretless plucked stringed instrument of the lute family, of Arab and Turkish origin. countable, uncountable

    "Oriental music is chiefly unrhythmical [...]. It is mostly rendered by a solo voice with accompaniment of the Ud, a kind of lyre or mandolin, or Kanun, resembling a guitar."

  2. 2
    Agarwood, in particular the noble rot of Aquilaria trees used to make perfumes. countable, uncountable

    "The recent fashion for oud (the noble rot of Aquilaria trees) took flight when YSL released M7, where the oud accord was center stage. It came with an advertising campaign featuring a hairy naked guy, a sight rated “beautiful” by my co-author. Real oud is complex material, with honey, tobacco, leaf, minty-fresh and castoreum animalic notes all mixed together."

Etymology

From Arabic عُود (ʕūd). Doublet of lute.

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