A poem or composition consisting of one hundred parts or verses.
From Late Latin 'centum' (hundred) combined with Greek '-odia' (song, ode). This is a rare scholarly term formed to describe extended poetic works divided into exactly 100 sections. The term emerged in academic circles during the Renaissance when classical learning returned to Europe.
This word is so obscure that even most English dictionaries don't list it—it was basically invented by scholars who wanted a fancy name for any 100-part poem, but nobody ever really used it consistently!
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