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. [French, choric song, from Old French, from Late Latin d , da, from Greek aoid, id, song; see wed-2 in Indo-European roots.]od  ic (d k) adj. |
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