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.
Origin
From Middle French ode, from Late Latin ōda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή ("song"). Aoede.
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