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
Example Sentences
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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
Pindaric opus Can't wait till next week for this week's answers?
From Time Magazine Archive
Conceivably he himself was unaware of his hostility until, more than ten years later, he was forced to criticise the poets who made the English Pindaric popular.
From A Pindarick Ode on Painting Addressed to Joshua Reynolds, Esq. by Hilles, Frederick Whiley
It is a commonplace that the Pindaric Ode in English is an artificial exotic, of slight native force, and unable to reproduce the effects of the Greek original.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
A Pindaric Ode Awake, Aeolian lyre, awake, And give to rapture all thy trembling strings.
From The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes by Various
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