dithyrambic
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or of the nature of a dithyramb, or an impassioned oration.
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wildly irregular in form.
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wildly enthusiastic.
adjective
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prosody of or relating to a dithyramb
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passionately eloquent
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of dithyrambic
1595–1605; < Latin dithyrambicus < Greek dithyrambikós. See dithyramb, -ic
Example Sentences
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When I left the politicians, I went to the poets; tragic, dithyrambic, and all sorts.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
Out of genuine affection and twenty-twenty vision, Author Lee has fashioned the best of the few U.S. books about Greece, even including Henry Miller's dithyrambic tribute, The Colossus of Maroussi.
From Time Magazine Archive
The critics saluted in dithyrambic terms Abe Lincoln in Illinois, a timely and fervent chronicle but not much by way of drama.
From Time Magazine Archive
The show's dithyrambic peak, "Benny's Number," is scaled with the percussive aid of Louis Prima's Sing, Sing, Sing.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the canvases are dithyrambic burlesques in color, vicious fantasies, despairing caricatures.
From Fantazius Mallare A Mysterious Oath by Wallace Smith
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