† Anacreonticaladj.
Obsolete. rare.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the style of the ancient Greek poet Anacreon, esp. as involving levity, frivolity, or the celebration of love and drinking. Cf. Anacreontic adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > other types of poem > [adjective] > in style of specific writer
Skeltonical1589
Anacreontic1602
Anacreontical1698
Skeltonic1843
Skeltonian1867
1698 Earl of Orrery Dr. Bentley's Diss. Examin'd 255 Not only the Numbers, but even the Humor and Matter of the Fable is Anacreontical.
1755 G. Baretti tr. E. Manfredi Let. in Introd. Ital. Lang. 15 Three anacreontical songs and some few sonnets; two of them about Annibal's actions, both..most great and magnificent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021).
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