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dithyrambic

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of, pertaining to, or resembling a dithyramb; especially, passionate, intoxicated with enthusiasm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

A dithyramb.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1775, Anonymous, review of the West translation of Pindar's Olympic Odes, in The Critical Review, volume 40, page 451, As we have no remains of the dithyrambics of the ancients, we cannot exactly ascertain the measure.

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adjective

Meaning 3

of or in the manner of a dithyramb

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English dithyramb Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English dithyrambic From dithyramb + -ic.