Pronounced: uh-NEE-mih-us, adj
Notes: My guess at the meaning was incorrect
Yesterday’s word
The word aubade is
- a song or poem greeting the dawn
- a morning love song, or a song or poem of lovers parting at dawn
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid to late 1600s
Background / Comments
As you may have guessed, our word came the French word aubade (dawn serenade) — our first definition above. The second meaning grew up over time. Part of the French word aubade is the Old Occitan word auba (dawn), which is thought to comes from the Latin word albus (white). Note: I have not heard of Old Occitan before; it was an early language that descended from Latin, primary in the area of modern France.
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