01 n. A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; esp., now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment …
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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.
Phrases & compounds
Ode factor —
one who makes, or who traffics in, odes; -- used contemptuously.