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Like some odes
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pindaric
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1630s, pertaining to or in the style of Pindar , from Latin Pindaricus , from Greek Pindaros , Greek lyric poet (c.522-443 B.C.E.).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Usage examples of pindaric.
Or put it, that Port is the Homeric hexameter, Burgundy the pindaric dithyramb.
It is precisely these out-of-the-way and Pindaric medleys that are evidences of enthusiasm.