aubade
Americannoun
plural
aubadesnoun
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a song or poem appropriate to or greeting the dawn
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a romantic or idyllic prelude or overture
Etymology
Origin of aubade
1670–80; < French, Middle French, equivalent to aube (< Provençal alba song about the parting of two lovers at dawn < Vulgar Latin, noun use of feminine of Latin albus white, clear) + -ade -ade 1
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, at the Bike Shed, you can catch Cube Theatre's Freddy Dare and the Ginger Robber for children, and Aubade for adult audiences.
From The Guardian • Feb. 15, 2013
Larkin good on fear in "Aubade," with implied reproof to Hume and Lucretius for their stoicism.
From Slate • Aug. 22, 2012
Self-indulgent tempos and an imperfect high pianissimo marred the Aubade from Lalo's Le Roi d'Ys.
From The Guardian • Jan. 21, 2011
Aubade, ō-b�d′, n. a musical announcement of dawn: a sunrise song.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Aubade THE lark now leaves his wat'ry nest, And climbing shakes his dewy wings.
From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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