"Pindaric flight" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Pindaric flights [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Pindaric flight (plural Pindaric flights)
  1. A literary passage that has no logical connection to the surrounding work, or is a long digression that becomes less and less related to the original passage. Translations (a literary passage that has no logical connection to the surrounding work): volo pindarico [masculine] (Italian), пиндарический полет (pindaričeskij polet) [masculine] (Russian), піндаричний політ (pindaryčnyj polit) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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