Pindaric

Pindaric
Pindarically, adv.
/pin dar"ik/, adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or in the style of Pindar.
2. of elaborate form and metrical structure, as an ode or verse.
n.
3. See Pindaric ode.
[1630-40; < L Pindaricus < Gk Pindarikós. See PINDAR, -IC]

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  • Pindaric — Pin*dar ic, a. [L. Pindaricus, Gr. ?, fr. ? (L. Pindarus) Pindar: cf. F. pindarique.] Of or pertaining to Pindar, the Greek lyric poet; after the style and manner of Pindar; as, Pindaric odes. n. A Pindaric ode. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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