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An ode or other poem in which the author retracts something said in an earlier poem; (loosely) a recantation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 2004, Jaspitos, "I Take It Back", in The Spectator (London, UK); Jan 24, 2004. The more lighthearted palinodes were more successful, such as Geoff Horton's recantation of his youthful view that a martini should be shaken rather than stirred.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
From Middle French palinod, from Latin palinōdia (“palinode, recantation”), from Ancient Greek παλινῳδία (palinōidía, “palinode”), from πάλιν (pálin, “again”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Basque:
palinodia
— poem that contradicts an earlier poem
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Catalan:
palinòdia
— poem that contradicts an earlier poem
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Dutch:
palinodie
— poem that contradicts an earlier poem
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Esperanto:
palinodio
— poem that contradicts an earlier poem
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Finnish:
palinodia
— poem that contradicts an earlier poem
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French:
palinodie
— poem that contradicts an earlier poem
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German:
Palinodie
— poem that contradicts an earlier poem
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Greek:
παλινωδία
(palinodía)
— poem that contradicts an earlier poem
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Ancient Greek:
παλινῳδία
(palinōidía)
— poem that contradicts an earlier poem
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Ido:
palinodio
— poem that contradicts an earlier poem
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Italian:
palinodia
— poem that contradicts an earlier poem
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Japanese:
パリノード
(parinōdo)
— poem that contradicts an earlier poem
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Kyrgyz:
палинодия
(palinodiya)
— poem that contradicts an earlier poem
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Latin:
palinōdia
— poem that contradicts an earlier poem
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Polish:
palinodia
— poem that contradicts an earlier poem
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Romanian:
palinodie
— poem that contradicts an earlier poem
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Russian:
палино́дия
(palinódija)
— poem that contradicts an earlier poem
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Slovak:
palinódia
— poem that contradicts an earlier poem
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Spanish:
palinodia
— poem that contradicts an earlier poem
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Swedish:
palinodi
— poem that contradicts an earlier poem
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Ukrainian:
паліно́дія
(palinódija)
— poem that contradicts an earlier poem