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Webster 1913 Edition

Anacreontic

A-nacˊre-on′tic

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Adj.
[L.
Anacreonticus
.]
Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial.
De Quincey.

A-nacˊre-on′tic

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Noun.
A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and wine.

Webster 1828 Edition

Anacreontic

ANACREON'TIC

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Adj.
Pertaining to Anacreon, a Greek poet, whose odes and epigrams are celebrated for their delicate, easy and graceful air, and for their exact imitation of nature. His verse consists of three feet and a half, usually spondees and iambuses, sometimes anapests; as in this line of Horace.
'Lydia, dic per omnes.'

ANACREON'TIC

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Noun.
A poem composed in the manner of Anacreon.

Definition 2024

Anacreontic

Anacreontic

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English

Adjective

Anacreontic ‎(comparative more Anacreontic, superlative most Anacreontic)

  1. Alternative form of anacreontic

Noun

Anacreontic ‎(plural Anacreontics)

  1. Alternative form of anacreontic

Anagrams

anacreontic

anacreontic

See also: Anacreontic

English

Adjective

anacreontic ‎(comparative more anacreontic, superlative most anacreontic)

  1. Pertaining to the Greek poet Anacreon and his manners; jovial, festive.

Translations

Noun

anacreontic ‎(plural anacreontics)

  1. short lyrical piece that is about love and wine.

Anagrams

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀνακρέων ‎(Anakréōn), Anacreon a Greek poet.

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