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threnode

[three-nohd, thren-ohd]

noun

threnody.

Origin:
1855–60; by alteration; see ode

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threnody or threnode (ˈθrɛnədɪ, ˈθriː-, ˈθriːnəʊd, ˈθrɛn-)

—n , pl threnodies, threnodes
	an ode, song, or speech of lamentation, esp for the dead

[C17: from Greek thrēnōidia, from thrēnos dirge + ōidē song]

threnode or threnode

—n

[C17: from Greek thrēnōidia, from thrēnos dirge + ōidē song]

threnodial or threnode

—*adj*

threnodic or threnode

—*adj*

threnodist or threnode

—n

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threnode

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