First Known Use: circa 1678
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aubade
noun au·bade \ō-ˈbäd\
Definition of AUBADE
1
: a song or poem greeting the dawn
2
a : a morning love song b : a song or poem of lovers parting at dawn
3
: morning music — compare nocturne
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Origin of AUBADE
French, from Middle French, from Old Occitan aubada, from alba, auba dawn, from Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin, feminine of albus white — more at alb
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Rhymes with AUBADE
Akkad, Arad, Ashdod, ballade, Belgrade, bipod, black cod, Black Rod, Cape Cod, couvade, croustade, death squad, dry-shod, ephod, facade, fantod, fly rod, glissade, hot-rod, jihad, lingcod, Nimrod, oeillade, peasecod, pomade, ramrod, Riyadh, roughshod, roulade, saccade, scalade, seedpod, slipshod, sun god, synod, tie-rod, tightwad, tomcod, torsade, tripod, unshod, vice squad
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