ext_34538 ([identity profile] simplyn2deep.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] 1_million_words2023-01-27 09:51 pm

Word of the Day 01/27/23 Dithyrambic

Dithyrambic (adjective)
dithyrambic [ dith-uh-ram-bik ]


adjective
1. of, relating to, or of the nature of a dithyramb, or an impassioned oration.
2. wildly irregular in form.
3. wildly enthusiastic.

OTHER WORDS FROM DITHYRAMBIC
dith·y·ram·bi·cal·ly, adverb
un·dith·y·ram·bic, adjective

WORDS RELATED TO DITHYRAMBIC
boisterous, elevated, euphoric, wild

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ORIGIN: 1595–1605; < Latin dithyrambicus < Greek dithyrambikós.See dithyramb, -ic

HOW TO USE DITHYRAMBIC IN A SENTENCE
"Let me celebrate, above all, the little red wine," says Ambrose in a brief dithyrambic note.
THE SECRET GLORY|ARTHUR MACHEN

Popular satisfaction manifested itself in enthusiastic fetes and dithyrambic felicitations.
THE WAR UPON RELIGION|REV. FRANCIS A. CUNNINGHAM

The National Assembly soon tired of Chaumette's dithyrambic utterances.
THE ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL|BARONESS EMMUSKA ORCZY

Finally, the pages of the Autobiography ring with the dithyrambic praise of his "almost infallible counsellor."
ON LIBERTY|JOHN STUART MILL

Now and then a dithyrambic rapture came over him, especially when there was wine in his blood.
ATLANTIS|GERHART HAUPTMANN

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