Dictionary entry

Monody

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mon″o‐dy (?), n.; pl.Monodies (#). [L. monodia, Gr. �, fr. � singing alone; μόνοσ single + � 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.