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
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Etymology
Origin of Pindaric
1630–40; < Latin Pindaricus < Greek Pindarikós. See Pindar, -ic
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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
Meantime the irregular form, devised by Cowley, had become popular; and against the license of this Congreve protested in his Discourse on the Pindaric Ode, prefixed to his Ode of 1706.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
The last two are somewhat Pindaric in style, but also suggest the influence of the Italian canzone.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various
Mr. William H. Greenfield, the honored founder of the United, claims the first page with a graceful Pindaric ode, "To My Friend".
From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft
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