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scolion

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sco⋅li⋅on

  [skoh-lee-on]
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–noun, plural -li⋅a  [-lee-uh] .
a song sung at banquets in ancient Greece.
Origin:
1595–1605; < Gk skolión, n. use of neut. of skoliós crooked, bent
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scolion

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