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Word: monody (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A monotonous or mournful noise.
  • An ode, as in Greek drama, for a single voice, often specifically a mournful song or dirge.
  • Any poem mourning the death of someone; an elegy.
  • music A composition having a single melodic line.

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