palinode
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French palinod, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin palinōdia (“palinode, recantation”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek παλινῳδία (palinōidía, “palinode”), from πάλιν (pálin, “again”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).
Pronunciation
Noun
palinode (plural palinodes)
- A poem in which the author retracts something said in an earlier poem.
- 1814, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since,
- 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.
Translations
poem that contradicts an earlier poem
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