threnody
pronunciation
How to pronounce threnody in British English:
UK [ˈθrenədi]
How to pronounce threnody in American English:
US ['θrenədɪ]
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- Noun:
- a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
Word Origin
- threnody (n.)
- "song of lamentation," 1630s, from Greek threnodia "lamentation," from threnos "dirge, lament" + oide "ode" (see ode). Greek threnos probably is from PIE imitative root *dher- (3) "to drone, murmur, hum;" cognates: Old English dran "drone," Gothic drunjus "sound," Greek tenthrene "a kind of wasp."
Example
- 1. In the opera 's final scene , the leading lady sings a threnody to mourn the murdered king .