threnode

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A dirge or funeral song.

Word forms

threnode threnodes

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θρηνῳδία (thrēnōidía). Doublet of threnody, compare similar terms in -ode, like epode.

Synonyms

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