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Anacreontic, a. and n.|əˌnækriːˈɒntɪk|
[ad. L. anacreontic-us, f. Gr. ἀνακρέων prop. name; cf. mod.Fr. anacreontique.]
A. adj. Of, or after the manner of, the Greek poet Anacreon.
a. Having the structure or metre of Anacreon's lyrics.
1706Phillips, Anacreontick Verse, consists of seven syllables, without being tied to any certain Law of Quantity. 1749Power of Numb. in Poet. Comp. 65 Anacreontic Verse..is usually divided into Stanzas, each Stanza containing four Lines which Rime alternately to each other; and every Line consists of three Troches and a long syllable, e.g. Cease, Trelawney, cease to teize me, Mirth and Music are but vain; Wine and Laughter now displease me, And thy Rules increase my Pain.
b. Convivial and amatory.
1801M. Edgeworth Belinda (1832) I. vii. 121 He laughed and sang with Anacreontic spirit. 1839Hallam Hist. Lit. III. iii. v. §29. 250 His amatory and anacreontic lines.
B. n. A poem in imitation of, or after the manner of Anacreon's; an erotic poem.
a1656Cowley (title) Anacreontiques; or some copies of verses translated paraphrastically out of Anacreon. 1878T. Sinclair Mount 74 Moore and Burns's anacreontics are the first true step in the lyrical. |