Dictionary
ode
Pronunciation: (ōd), [key]—
n.
1. a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
2. (originally) a poem intended to be sung. Cf.
Horatian ode, Pindaric ode. -ode
a suffix of nouns, appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “like”; used in the formation of compound words:
phyllode. Cf.
-oid. -ode
a combining form meaning “way,” “road,” used in the formation of compound words:
anode; electrode. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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