Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a farcical afterpiece in the ancient Roman theater;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Exode \Ex"ode\n. [L. exodium, Gr. ? (sc. ? song) fr. ? belonging
to an exit, or to the finale of a tragedy, fr. ?: cf. F.
exode. See Exodus.]
1. Departure; exodus; esp., the exodus of the Israelites from
Egypt. [Obs.] --L. Coleman. --Bolingbroke.
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2. (Gr. Drama) The final chorus; the catastrophe.
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3. (Rom. Antiq.) An afterpiece of a comic description, either
a farce or a travesty.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
exode
n 1: a farcical afterpiece in the ancient Roman theater