ANACREONTIC

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial. De Quincey.

2.
n.

A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and wine.


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