Pindaric
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or in the style of Pindar.
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of elaborate form and metrical structure, as an ode or verse.
noun
adjective
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of, relating to, or resembling the style of Pindar
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prosody having a complex metrical structure, either regular or irregular
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Pindaric
1630–40; < Latin Pindaricus < Greek Pindarikós. See Pindar, -ic
Example Sentences
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Pindaric opus Can't wait till next week for this week's answers?
From Time Magazine Archive
Then a kinsman, the great John Dryden, saw his verses and said: "Cousin Swift . . . nature has never formed you for a Pindaric poet."
From Time Magazine Archive
But there is that great deference due to the memory, great parts, and learning, of that gentleman, that I think nothing should be objected to the latitude he has taken in his Pindaric odes.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
The Archbishop of Palermo, in his Pindaric eulogy of the Spiritual Guide, says that this admirable book is most especially suitable to the direction of nuns.
From Priests, Women, and Families by Michelet, Jules
They are genuinely Pindaric, that is, with corresponding strophes, antistrophes and epodes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
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