Pindaric

[ pin-dar-ik ]

/ pɪnˈdær ɪk /

adjective

of, relating to, or in the style of Pindar.

of elaborate form and metrical structure, as an ode or verse.

noun

Pindaric ode.

Origin of Pindaric

1630–40; < Latin Pindaricus < Greek Pindarikós. See Pindar, -ic

Related forms

Pin·dar·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for pindaric

How could a poet have bewailed his loves or losses in the stately structure of the Pindaric ode?
Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2)|John Addington Symonds
It may be worth noting, however, that none of his recorded comments on Pindaric verse antedate the publication of this ode.
A Pindarick Ode on Painting|Thomas Morrison
Yet all her projects and administrative measures revolved within a circle of romantic raptures and Pindaric ecstasies.
The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the first|Count Carlo Gozzi
The Pindaric odes of Cowley were not published within this period.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2|Henry Hallam

There is evidence that Flatman contemplated one more Pindaric, but perhaps it was not written, and certainly not printed.
Minor Poets of the Caroline Period, Vol III|John Cleveland

British Dictionary definitions for pindaric

Pindaric

/ (pɪnˈdærɪk) /

adjective

of, relating to, or resembling the style of Pindar

prosody having a complex metrical structure, either regular or irregular

noun

See Pindaric ode

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