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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Threnody \Thren"o*dy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? a dirge + ? a song. See
Threne, and Ode.]
A song of lamentation; a threnode.
--Sir T. Herbert.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"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."
Wiktionary
n. A song or poem of lamentation or mourning for a dead person; a dirge; an elegy.
WordNet
Wikipedia
A threnody is a song, hymn or poem of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person. The term originates from the Greek word threnoidia, from threnos "wailing" and oide "ode", the latter ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *wed- ("to speak") that is also the precursor of such words as "ode", "tragedy", "comedy", "parody", "melody" and "rhapsody".
Synonyms include " dirge", " coronach", " lament" and " elegy". The Epitaphios Threnos is the lamentation chanted in the Eastern Orthodox Church on Holy Saturday. John Dryden commemorated the death of Charles II of England in the long poem Threnodia Augustalis, and Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote a "Threnody" in memory of his son.
Threnody is a fictional character created by Marvel Comics for the X-Men series. She was originally featured as a sort of "hound" for Mister Sinister, but this depth was fully explored in the series X-Man which came much later.
Threnody is the third album by American death metal band Woe of Tyrants, released on April 13, 2010 through Metal Blade Records. It was produced by Jamie King.
Threnody is the second album from Swedish melodic death metal/ industrial band Engel. This is the final Engel release with Daniel "Mojjo" Moilanen on drums. Threnody was finished by the end of 2008, but due to issues with their former label, SPV GmbH, the release of the album was delayed.
Music videos were released for the demo version of "Elbow And Knives" (entitled "Someone Died (Made You God)"), "Sense the Fire" and "Six Feet Deep".
Threnody is a song, hymn or poem of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
Threnody may also refer to:
- Threnody (Engel album), 2010
- Threnody (Frida song), 1982 single
- Threnody (Woe of Tyrants album), 2010
- Threnody (comics), a fictional character created by Marvel Comics for the X-Men series
- "Threnody", a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Threnody Ensemble, an experimental classical music group
- The setting of Brandon Sanderson's novella " Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell."
Threnody is a song recorded in 1982 by ABBA singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Frida) from Something's Going On. This song was a B-Side to a worldwide hit I Know There's Something Going On that was released in August 1982 This song was written by Per Gessle and Dorothy Parker about bittersweet memories. This song was performed on an Italian show Popcorn in 1983.
Category:Songs written by Per Gessle Category:Songs with lyrics by Dorothy Parker Category:1982 songs
Usage examples of "threnody".
The cowgirl gradually came closer to me, avoiding Threnody, and I realized that she, like the gnomides, felt more comfortable with her own sex.
Had I been really smart, I could have figured out exactly what made sense about Threnody and maybe saved myself an extraordinary amount of grief.
I should stay away from Threnody, because she was either crazy or dangerous, possibly both.
When I knocked, the music halted, and in a moment Threnody opened the door.
Progress was slow, because I had to walk and keep a constant eye on Threnody as well as on the landscape.
So I had to believe that Threnody could lie, and that therefore she spoke the truth when she warned me to be wary of anything she said.
Now Threnody drew out one of the white objects Magician Yin had given me.
He thought I was Threnody and that I had now armed myself with the terrible evil sword!
So I held on, soothing it with my gentle feminine touch--that, too, I had learned about when Threnody kissed me and held me the night before, despite the lie that touch implied--keeping it in place while we slowly solidified.
I wondered how Threnody had managed to survive alone in her cabin so long.
I now had the chore of explaining things to Threnody, who had not been in a position to appreciate much of what had happened recently.
I trusted my valuable and delicate feminine body close to the brute hunk Threnody was using and discussed our escape.
The cowfolk cooperated in fitting Threnody with a bullhead, so that she looked very much like the King himself.
Maybe the mask-helmet Threnody wore prevented her from hearing exactly what I was saying.
Of course the point slid through it, brushing it aside, and Threnody did not have to dive out of the way.