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orchestric, a.|ɔːˈkɛstrɪk|
[f. orchestre, -ter + -ic.]
1. Of or pertaining to dancing: more properly orchestic, q.v.
1786Gillies Hist. Greece I. iii. 104 Their sedentary studies were relieved by the orchestric and gymnastic exercises. 1850Blackie æschylus I. Pref. 41 The author of the Prometheus really was a professor of the orchestric art. 1888Burgon Lives 12 Gd. Men I. ii. 228 Rose's father, who had sent [his boys] to be instructed by him in the orchestric art.
2. Belonging to an orchestra; orchestral.
1839Blackw. Mag. XLV. 461 We ourselves may boast to have introduced the word orchestric, which we regard with parental pride, as a word expressive of that artificial and pompous music which attends, for instance, the elaborate hexameter verse of Rome and Greece. 1892Edinb. Even. Disp. 13 Feb. 3/1 The orchestric playing was not all that might have been wished. |