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omquæds

omquæds is the plural of omquæd.

Meaning of omquæd

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

Questions about omquæds

What is omquæds the plural of?
Omquæds is the plural of omquæd.

Words near omquæds in the dictionary

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

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