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{ Mo*nod"ic (?), Mo*nod"ic*al (?), }
a. [Gr. &?;.] 1. Belonging to
a monody.

2. (Mus.) (a) For one
voice; monophonic. (b) Homophonic; --
applied to music in which the melody is confined to one part, instead
of being shared by all the parts as in the style called
polyphonic.

Mon`o*di*met"ric (?), a. [Mono-
+ dimetric.] (Crystallog.) Dimetric.

Mon"o*dist (?), n. A writer of a
monody.

{ Mon"o*dra`ma (?), Mon"o*drame (?), }
n. [Mono- + Gr. &?; drama.] A drama
acted, or intended to be acted, by a single person.

Mon`o*dra*mat"ic (?), a.
Pertaining to a monodrama.

Mon"o*dy (?), n.; pl.
Monodies (#). [L. monodia, Gr. &?;, fr. &?;
singing alone; mo`nos single + &?; song: cf. F.
monodie. See Ode.] A species of poem of a mournful
character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation; a song
for one voice.


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