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omquæd

omquæd noun: a line that is repeated in every stanza of a poem or ballad.

Noun

omquæd (plural omquæds)

  1. A line that is repeated in every stanza of a poem or ballad.
    • Every Visa or ballad has its single or double omquæd or burden, which, like a running accompaniment in music, frequently falls in with the most happy effect[.]1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 132

Forms of omquæd

pluralomquæds

Questions about omquæd

What does omquæd mean?
Omquæd means a line that is repeated in every stanza of a poem or ballad.
What part of speech is omquæd?
Omquæd is a noun.
What is the plural of omquæd?
The plural of omquæd is omquæds.

Words near omquæd in the dictionary

  1. omphalotomy
  2. omphalotrochid
  3. omphalotrochids
  4. omphalus
  5. Ompraret
  6. omquæd
  7. omquæds
  8. OMR
  9. omrah
  10. omrahs
  11. omricon

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