Ode meaning
Ode is a poem that you sing or is a poem honoring a specific person or subject that is written in a clear lyrical style.
An example of an ode is William Wordsworth's Imitations of Immortality.
noun
A lyric poem of some length, usually of a serious or meditative nature and having an elevated style and formal stanzaic structure.
noun
Way; path.
Electrode.
suffix
A poem written to be sung.
noun
In modern use, a lyric poem, rhymed or unrhymed, typically addressed to some person or thing and usually characterized by lofty feeling, elaborate form, and dignified style.
noun
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Electrode.
Dynode.
suffix
Way, path.
Electrode.
affix
Something that resembles (a specified thing)
Phyllode, nematode.
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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.
Ode on a Grecian Urn—Keats.
noun
Origin of ode
- Gr -ōdēs, ōdes < -ō-, ending of base or thematic vowel + -eidēs, like, -oid
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
- < Gr hodos, path, way < IE base *sed-, to go > L cedere
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
- French choric song from Old French from Late Latin ōdē, ōda from Greek aoidē, ōidē song wed-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Greek -odos from hodos Sense 2, from (an)ode (cath)ode (electr)ode etc.
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidē, “song”).
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