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Webster 1913 Edition
Dithyrambic
Dithˊy-ram′bic
,Adj.
[L.
dithyrambicus
, Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F. dithyrambique
.] Pertaining to, or resembling, a dithyramb; wild and boisterous.
“Dithyrambic sallies.” Longfellow.
– Noun.
A dithyrambic poem; a dithyramb.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dithyrambic
DITHYRAMBIC
,Noun.
1.
A song in honor of Bacchus, in which the wildness of intoxication is imitated.2.
Any poem written in wild enthusiastic strains.DITHYRAMBIC
,Adj.