ode: Meaning and Definition of

ode

1. a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
2. (originally) a poem intended to be sung. Cf.

-ode

1. a suffix of nouns, appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “like”; used in the formation of compound words:Cf. phyllode.

-ode

1. a combining form meaning “way,” “road,” used in the formation of compound words: anode; electrode.