(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:10:27

Dith`y*ram"bic (?), a. [L. dithyrambicus, Gr. : cf. F. dithyrambique.]

Pertaining to, or resembling, a dithyramb; wild and boisterous.

"Dithyrambic sallies." Longfellow. --

n.

A dithyrambic poem; a dithyramb.

 

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