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scolion

[skoh-lee-on]

sco·li·on

[skoh-lee-on]
noun, plural -li·a [-lee-uh] .
a song sung at banquets in ancient Greece.

Origin:
1595–1605; < Greek skolión, noun use of neuter of skoliós crooked, bent
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scolion

noun
a song (sometimes improvised) sung by guests at a banquet 
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