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anacreontic

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Letters
11
Pronunciation
/əˌnakɹɪˈɒntɪk/ (UK)
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/əˌnakɹɪˈɒntɪk/ (UK) · /əˌnækɹiˈɑntɪk/ (US)

Definition of anacreontic

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Pertaining to the style of the Greek poet Anacreon, who wrote of wine and love; (specifically) designating a metre based on an anaclastic ionic dimeter.
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adj

  1. Pertaining to the style of the Greek poet Anacreon, who wrote of wine and love; (specifically) designating a metre based on an anaclastic ionic dimeter.
  2. Characterised by festivity and the celebration of love and/or drinking; bacchanalian, amorous.
    “[T]he false Thecla […] had initiated me into the anacreontic diversions and fruitions of men and women.”
  3. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of anacreontic.

noun

  1. A short lyrical piece about love and wine.
  2. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of anacreontic.

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Etymology

From Late Latin Anacreonticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀνακρέων (Anakréōn), Anacreon a Greek poet.

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