Dictionary entry

Dithyrambic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.