monody
About 0.07 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun An ode, as in Greek drama, for a single voice, often specifically a mournful song or dirge. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
- noun Any poem mourning the death of someone; an elegy.
- noun A monotonous or mournful noise.
- noun A composition having a single melodic line.
Similar words
monophonic music antode monodrame parodos melodrama hymnody monopody strophe melodeclamation melopoeia
Often followed by
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Word family
monodic monodical monodically monodies
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