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Webster 1913 Edition
Exode
Ex′ode
Noun.
[L.
exodium
, Gr. [GREEK] (sc. [GREEK] song) fr. [GREEK] belonging to an exit, or to the finale of a tragedy, fr. [GREEK]: cf. F. exode
. See Exodus
.] 1.
Departure; exodus; esp., the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
[Obs.]
L. Coleman.
Bolingbroke.
2.
(Gr. Drama)
The final chorus; the catastrophe.
3.
(Rom. Antiq.)
An afterpiece of a comic description, either a farce or a travesty.
Webster 1828 Edition
Exode
EX'ODE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
exode
exode
English
Noun
exode (plural exodes)
- (obsolete) departure; exodus, especially the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bolingbroke to this entry?)
- 1868, Lyman Coleman, An Historical Text Book and Atlas of Biblical Geography (page 45)
- Moreover, the continuation of the Mosaic Dispensation from the Exode, 1586, to the burning of the second temple, A.D. 70 = 1656, is exactly the period before the Flood.
- (Ancient Greek drama) The final chorus; the catastrophe.
- (historical, Ancient Rome) A comic afterpiece, either a farce or a travesty.
French
Etymology
From Late Latin exodus, from Ancient Greek ἔξοδος (éxodos, “expedition, departure”), from ἐξ (ex, “out”) + ὁδός (hodós, “path, road”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛɡ.zɔd/
Noun
exode m (plural exodes)
Derived terms
- exode des capitaux m
- exode des cerveaux m