AUBADE

Etymology

Noun

aubade (plural aubades)

A song or poem greeting or evoking the dawn.

A morning love song; a song of lovers parting in the morning.

Coordinate terms

• serenade

• nocturne

Source: Wiktionary


Au`bade", n. Etym: [F., fr. aube the dawn, fr. L. albus white.]

Definition: An open air concert in the morning, as distinguished from an evening serenade; also, a pianoforte composition suggestive of morning. Grove. The crowing cock . . . Sang his aubade with lusty voice and clear. Longfellow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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