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monody
[
mon
-
uh
-dee
]
mon·o·dy
/
ˈmɒn
ə
di
/
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[
mon
-
uh
-dee
]
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noun,
plural
mon·o·dies.
1.
a Greek ode sung by a single voice, as in a tragedy; lament.
2.
a poem in
which
the poet or speaker laments another's death; threnody.
3.
Music
.
a.
a style of composition in which one part or melody predominates; homophony, as distinguished from polyphony.
b.
a piece in this style.
c.
monophony
(
def. 1
)
.
Origin:
1580–90;
<
Late Latin
monōdia
<
Greek
monōidía
a solo, monody, equivalent to
monōid
(
ós
) singing alone (
see
mon-
,
ode
) +
-ia
-y
3
Related forms
mon·o·dist
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ˈmɒn
ə
dɪst
/
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[
mon
-
uh
-dist
]
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,
noun
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monody
(ˈmɒnədɪ)
—
n
,
pl
-dies
1.
(in Greek tragedy) an ode sung by a single actor
2.
any poem of lament for someone's death
3.
music
a style of composition consisting of a single vocal part, usually with accompaniment
[C17: via Late Latin from Greek
monōidia,
from
mono-
+
aeidein
to sing]
monodic
—
adj
mo'nodical
—
adj
mo'nodically
—
adv
'monodist
—
n
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