Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Monody
Mon′o-dy
,Noun.
pl.
Monodies
(#)
. [L.
monodia
, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] singing alone; μόνοσ
single + [GREEK] song: cf. F. monodie
. See Ode
.] A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation; a song for one voice.
Webster 1828 Edition
Monody
MON'ODY
,Noun.
A song or poem sung by one person only.
Definition 2024
monody
monody
English
Noun
monody (plural monodies)
- An ode, as in Greek drama, for a single voice, often specifically a mournful song or dirge. [from 17th c.]
- Any poem mourning the death of someone; an elegy. [from 17th c.]
- A monotonous or mournful noise. [from 19th c.]
-
1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:
- Stroke by stroke, the great familiar monody of that incomparable curfew rose and fell in the stillness.
-
1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:
- (music) A composition having a single melodic line. [from 19th c.]