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odyssey

nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈɒd.ɪ.si//
  • United Kingdom//ˈɒd.ə.si//
  • United States//ˈɑ.dɪ.si//
  • United States//ˈɑ.də.si//
  • Australia//ˈɔd.ɪ.si//

An extended adventurous voyage, usually in search of home.

noun

  1. 1

    An extended adventurous voyage, usually in search of home.

    Many have been sharing cartoons praying for a successful conclusion to the Wild Boar team's odyssey, hoping that it will end in their safe rescue.

  2. 2

    An intellectual or spiritual quest.

Etymology

From Odyssey, from Ancient Greek Ὀδυσσεία (Odusseía, “the story of Odysseus”).

Forms

plural
odysseys
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).