aubade
/əʊˈbɑːd
/noun
A poem or piece of music appropriate to the dawn or early morning.A music historian could comment on the instruments used for serenades and aubades....
- But Ellis shows strength with the sonnet ‘Kitchen Witches’ and the aubade ‘Space.’
- It should be clear from these quotes that Davis is an effortless formalist, and he excels at the epigram, aubade, and sonnet.
Origin
Late 17th century: from French, from Spanish albada, from alba 'dawn'.
Rhymes
- with all one's heart (or one's whole heart)
- with all one's might
- with (any or a bit of) luck
- with apologies to
- with a vengeance
- with a view to
- with a will
- with bells on
- with both barrels
- with (brass) knobs on
- with child
- withdraw
- withdrawal
- withdrawal symptoms
- withdrawing room
- withdrawn
- withe
- with effect from
- with effort
- with egg on one's face
- wither
- huarache
- Huascarán
- hub
- hub-and-spoke