Odic

ode  (d)

n.

1. A lyric poem of some length, usually of a serious or meditative nature and having an elevated style and formal stanzaic structure.

2.

a. A choric song of classical Greece, often accompanied by a dance and performed at a public festival or as part of a drama.

b. A classical Greek poem modeled on the choric ode and usually having a three-part structure consisting of a strophe, an antistrophe, and an epode.

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[French, choric song, from Old French, from Late Latin d, da, from Greek aoid, id, song; see wed-² in Indo-European roots.]

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odic (dk) adj.