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Definition of Dithyrambic
1. Adjective. Of or in the manner of a dithyramb.
Definition of Dithyrambic
1. a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a dithyramb; wild and boisterous.
Definition of Dithyrambic
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a dithyramb; ''especially,'' passionate, intoxicated with enthusiasm. ¹
2. Noun. A dithyramb. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dithyrambic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dithyrambic
Literary usage of Dithyrambic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Literature of Ancient Greece: To the Period of Isocrates by Karl Otfried Müller, George Cornewall Lewis (1847)
"Origin of the Greek drama from the worship of Bac- chlii. § 4 Earliest, or Doric
form of tragedy, a choral or dithyrambic song in the worship of Bacchus. ..."
2. Travels in South America: From the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean by Paul Marcoy (1875)
"A new balsamic preparation recommended to any good wife who has a bully for a
husband.—dithyrambic essay on the subject of streams.—Drunken farewells. ..."
3. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race by Karl Otfried Müller (1830)
"In early times some rude beginnings of tragedy had been formed from the dithyrambic
choruses" there performed, as the tradition of ..."
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