"anacreontic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əˌnakɹɪˈɒntɪk/ [UK], /əˌnækɹiˈɑntɪk/ [US] Forms: more anacreontic [comparative], most anacreontic [superlative]
Etymology: From Late Latin Anacreonticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀνακρέων (Anakréōn), Anacreon a Greek poet. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la-lat|Anacreonticus}} Late Latin Anacreonticus, {{uder|en|grc|Ἀνακρέων}} Ancient Greek Ἀνακρέων (Anakréōn) Head templates: {{en-adj}} anacreontic (comparative more anacreontic, superlative most anacreontic)
  1. (prosody) Pertaining to the style of the Greek poet Anacreon, who wrote of wine and love; (specifically) designating a metre based on an anaclastic ionic dimeter. Categories (topical): Prosody Translations (pertaining to the Greek poet Anacreon): anacreòntic (Catalan), anacréontique (French), anakreontisch (German), anakreontyczny (Polish), anacreôntico (Portuguese), anacreóntico (Spanish), anakreontisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-anacreontic-en-adj-JtF~8ZKj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 32 5 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 78 18 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 19 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 74 21 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 31 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 70 20 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 73 21 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 70 22 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 70 20 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 71 21 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 69 21 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 70 20 10 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, prosody, sciences Disambiguation of 'pertaining to the Greek poet Anacreon': 97 3
  2. Characterised by festivity and the celebration of love and/or drinking; bacchanalian, amorous.
    Sense id: en-anacreontic-en-adj-GM3adOu9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anacreontically, anacronymic, anacronymically

Noun

IPA: /əˌnakɹɪˈɒntɪk/ [UK], /əˌnækɹiˈɑntɪk/ [US] Forms: anacreontics [plural]
Etymology: From Late Latin Anacreonticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀνακρέων (Anakréōn), Anacreon a Greek poet. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la-lat|Anacreonticus}} Late Latin Anacreonticus, {{uder|en|grc|Ἀνακρέων}} Ancient Greek Ἀνακρέων (Anakréōn) Head templates: {{en-noun}} anacreontic (plural anacreontics)
  1. (poetry) A short lyrical piece about love and wine. Categories (topical): Poetry Translations (Translations): anakreontyk [masculine] (Polish), anacreóntica [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-anacreontic-en-noun-W3Wnwok7 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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