Anacreontic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˌnakɹɪˈɒntɪk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Anacreontic is an adjective meaning Characterised by festivity and the celebration of love and/or drinking; bacchanalian, amorous.
Meaning
Characterised by festivity and the celebration of love and/or drinking; bacchanalian, amorous.
More Meanings
- (poetry) A short lyrical piece about love and wine.
- (prosody) 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.
Example Sentences
[T]he false Thecla […] had initiated me into the anacreontic diversions and fruitions of men and women.
Word Forms
- anacreontics
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include acrite, anachronismatical, anachronismatic, acrostatic, acroamatick, aeonian.
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