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ode

UK/əʊd/ US/oʊd/ uncommon slang

noun

1.

a lyric poem with complex stanza forms

Origin

North/Low German and Swedish surname, shortened from various Germanic names containing the element Ode, such as Odebert, Oderich, Odeger, from the element *aud (“riches”). See also Ott.

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