Category:Ode

Ode, n. Etym: [f., fr. L. ode, oda, gr. vad to speak, sing. Cf. Comedy, melody, monody.]

Defn: a short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; A lyric poem; esp., now, a poem characterized by sustained noble Sentiment and appropriate dignity of style. Hangs odes upon hawthorns and elegies on brambles. Shak. O! Run; prevent them with thy humble ode, and lay it lowly at his Blessed feet. Milton. Ode factor, one who makes, or who traffics in, odes; -- used Contemptuously.