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Word of the Day – Aubade

By March 10, 2021Word of the Day

Aubade (noun)

oh-bad

A poem or piece of music appropriate to the dawn or early morning.

Late 17th century from French, from Spanish albada, from alba ‘dawn’.

Example sentences

“She sung an aubade to the sunrise.”

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