ode
Meanings
noun
- 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.
noun
- An odonate; a dragonfly or damselfly.
name
- A surname.
noun
- Initialism of ordinary differential equation.
name
- Initialism of Oxford Dictionary of English.
- Initialism of Orchestration Director Engine.
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Etymology
From Middle French ode, from Late Latin ōda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”). Doublet of Aoede.
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