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threnodic

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thren⋅o⋅dy

  [thren-uh-dee]
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–noun, plural -dies.
a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, esp. for the dead; dirge; funeral song.
Origin:
1615–25; < Gk thrēnōidía, equiv. to thrên(os) dirge + -ōid() song (see ode ) + -ia -y 3

Related forms:
thre⋅no⋅di⋅al  [thri-noh-dee-uhl] , thre⋅nod⋅ic  [thri-nod-ik] , adjective
thren⋅o⋅dist  [thren-uh-dist] , noun
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thren·o·dy   (thrěn'ə-dē)   
n.   pl. thren·o·dies
A poem or song of mourning or lamentation.

[Greek thrēnōidiā : thrēnos, lament + aoidē, ōidē, song; see ode.]
thre·no'di·al (thrə-nō'dē-əl), thre·nod'ic (-nŏd'ĭk) adj., thren'o·dist 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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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