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
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Origin of Pindaric
1630–40; < Latin Pindaricus < Greek Pindarikós. See Pindar, -ic
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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
A mythical narrative, connected in some way with the victor or his city, usually occupies the central part of the Pindaric ode.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various
There is Schultze, who "looks as if he had fasted six months on Greek prosody and the Pindaric meters."
From Stories of Authors, British and American by Chubb, Edwin Watts
It may be worth noting, however, that none of his recorded comments on Pindaric verse antedate the publication of this ode.
From A Pindarick Ode on Painting Addressed to Joshua Reynolds, Esq. by Hilles, Frederick Whiley
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