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anacreontic

UK/əˌnakɹɪˈɒntɪk/US/əˌnækɹiˈɑntɪk/

anacreontic adjective: 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.

Adjective (1)

anacreontic (comparative more anacreontic, superlative most anacreontic)

  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.1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter X, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 95

Noun (1)

anacreontic (plural anacreontics)

  1. A short lyrical piece about love and wine.

Adjective (2) capitalized: Anacreontic

Anacreontic (comparative more Anacreontic, superlative most Anacreontic)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of anacreontic.

Noun (2) capitalized: Anacreontic

Anacreontic (plural Anacreontics)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of anacreontic.

Forms of anacreontic

Adjective
comparativemore anacreontic
superlativemost anacreontic
comparativemore Anacreontic
superlativemost Anacreontic
Noun
pluralanacreontics
pluralAnacreontics

Origin of anacreontic

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

Words formed from anacreontic

Questions about anacreontic

What does anacreontic mean?
Anacreontic means 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.
What part of speech is anacreontic?
Anacreontic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce anacreontic?
Anacreontic is pronounced /əˌnakɹɪˈɒntɪk/ (UK).

Words near anacreontic in the dictionary

  1. anacoracid
  2. anacoracids
  3. Anacortes
  4. anacoustic
  5. Anacreon
  6. anacreontic
  7. anacreontically
  8. anacreontics
  9. anacrises
  10. anacrisis
  11. anacrobic

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