threnodial
ə noun, plural thren·o·dies.
a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song.
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threnody or threnode (ˈθrɛnədɪ, ˈθriː-, ˈθriːnəʊd, ˈθrɛn-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 | |
| 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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Word Origin & History
threnody
"song of lamentation," 1634, from Gk. threnodia, from threnos "dirge, lament," + oide "ode." Gk. threnos probably is from a PIE imitative base meaning "to murmur, hum;" cf. O.E. dran "drone," Goth. drunjus "sound," Gk. tenthrene "a kind of wasp."
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