ode
Valid in Scrabble
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- Words With Friends
- 4
- Letters
- 3
/oʊd/
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/oʊd/ · /əʊd/ · /od/
Definition of ode
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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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.
“write an ode to someone”
“[title]”
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noun
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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.
“write an ode to someone”
“[title]”
- (slang)An odonate; a dragonfly or damselfly.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of ordinary differential equation.
name
- A surname.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Oxford Dictionary of English.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Orchestration Director Engine.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle French ode, from Late Latin ōda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”). Doublet of Aoede.
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