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.
Other Word Forms
- dithyrambically adverb
- undithyrambic adjective
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
Nor did the times suit his lyrical temperament, which today can express itself in dithyrambic celebrations.
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
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
They have left no verses which can be strictly called dithyrambic, except, perhaps, the nineteenth ode of the second book of Horace, and a chorus in the Œdipus of Seneca.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
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