Anacreontic

Anacreontic
Anacreontically, adv.
/euh nak'ree on"tik/, adj.
1. (sometimes l.c.) of or in the manner of Anacreon.
2. (sometimes l.c.) convivial and amatory.
n.
3. (l.c.) an Anacreontic poem.
[1650-60; < L Anacreonticus, equiv. to Anacreont- ( < Gk Anakreont-, s. of Anakréon) ANACREON + -icus -IC]

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