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
- Pindarically adverb
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
And the Pindaric heroes laugh in scorn With the white goddesses of marble wrought By Scopas' hand; laugh, and their laughter-peals Are echoed loud and deep from far away!
From Life Immovable First Part by Phoutrides, Aristides E. (Aristides Evangelus)
Jonson, B.: Elegy, 74*; Epigrams, 185*; Epitaph, 92*; Epitaph on Salathiel Pavey, 71*; Fit of Rhyme against Rhyme, 123; influence on classical school of verse, 186; Pindaric Ode, 299 f.*;
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
The peculiar variation in length of line found in the Pindaric ode belongs almost entirely to lyric poetry.
From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)
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