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Pindaric flight

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A literary passage that has no logical connection to the surrounding work, or is a long digression that becomes less and less related to the original passage.

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  • Italian: volo pindarico — a literary passage that has no logical connection to the surrounding work
  • Russian: пиндарический полет (pindaričeskij polet) — a literary passage that has no logical connection to the surrounding work
  • Ukrainian: піндаричний політ (pindaryčnyj polit) — a literary passage that has no logical connection to the surrounding work