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
For its old-fashioned tone of measured argument and full-throated dithyrambic indignation, it should be one of the great political pamphlets of our time.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is thus easier to understand the dithyrambic peroration with which, speaking as if in the presence of the Deity, the Premier opened the Gaullist campaign at a rally in Paris.
From Time Magazine Archive
The 400 members and guests of the Poetry Society of America gave out a dithyrambic cheer of agreement as they presented the society's Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement to Marianne Moore, 79.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the canvases are dithyrambic burlesques in color, vicious fantasies, despairing caricatures.
From Fantazius Mallare A Mysterious Oath by Smith, Wallace
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