Pindaricadj.n.

Brit.

/pɪnˈdarɪk/, U.S.

/pɪnˈdɛrɪk/

Forms: 1600s–1700s Pindarick, 1600s–1700s Pindarique, 1600s– Pindaric.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Pindaricus.

Etymology: < classical Latin Pindaricus of or in the manner of Pindar < Hellenistic Greek Πινδαρικός < ancient Greek Πίνδαρος (classical Latin Pindarus ), the name of Pindar , an ancient Greek lyric poet + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare French Pindarique (c1556 in Middle French).

literary.

A. adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the style of the ancient Greek poet Pindar (c518–438 b.c.). Also: in the style of Abraham Cowley's Pindarique Odes (see sense B. 1).Pindar's poems were characterized by lyricism and the use of a variety of metres.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [adjective] > specific poets > other ancient Greek

Pindarica1637

Sophocleana1644

Pindarical1656

Archilochian1728

Aeschylean1783

Euripidean1821

Aristophanic1827

Hesiodic1838

Theocritean1846

a1637 B. Jonson Execration against Vulcan (1640) D2^v (title) Ode Pindarick on the Death of Sir Hen. Morison.

1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 63 We may use the benefit of the Pindarique way..where the numbers vary and the rhyme is dispos'd carelesly.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 58. ¶13 Those admirable English Authors who call themselves Pindarick Writers.

1765 J. Beattie Verses Charles Churchill 7 He soars Pindaric heights.

1801 S. Owenson Poems 138 The Finnian band's exploits rehearse, In varying bold Pindaric verse.

1869 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Gleanings I. 19 He..built up Pindaric odes to the day of his death.

1913 New Age 25 Sept. 636/1 Pindaric stuff.

1994 Amer. Spectator Sept. 65/2 This tribute to the college's and the country's war dead, with its vision of the war as midwife of a new humanity, is truly Pindaric in scope and burden.

B. n.

1. A poem or poetic form supposedly characteristic of or in the style of Pindar. Chiefly in plural.Pindarics became popular after the publication of Abraham Cowley's Pindarique Odes (1656), in which the stanza length, metre, and rhyme scheme are varied within the poems.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > ode > other types of ode

genethliacon1566

palinody1583

New Year ode1588

triumphal1589

palinode1600

monody1623

Pindaric1667

genethliac1687

Olympionica1749

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > metres of specific poets

Sapphica1586

Pindaric1667

1667 J. Tyrell To Memory of most Excellent Orinda in K. Philips Poems sig. E1 What by Pindaricks can be done.

1685 A. Behn (title) A pindarick on the death of our late Sovereign.

1706 W. Congreve Pindarique Ode on Her Majesty's Arms Disc., sig. A j The Character of these late Pindariques, is a Bundle of rambling incoherent Thoughts, express'd in a like parcel of irregular Stanza's.

1749 B. Martin Lingua Britannica Reformata (at cited word) Pindaric, a sort of poetry in imitation of Pindar, whose strains are prodigious lofty, and almost inimitable.

1768 W. Wilkie Fables 126 You rank me with the drudges for the press; Who from their garrets show'r Pindarics down, Or plaintive elegies to lull the town.

1876 L. Stephen Hist. Eng. Thought 18th Cent. I. 131 Wollaston..had turned the Book of Ecclesiastes into ‘Pindarics’ in order to give vent to his feelings.

1881 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. Feb. 151 The detestable duncery of sham Pindarics.

1940 College Eng. 2 104 It is common to speak of the turgid eloquence of these Pindarics.

1996 Compar. Lit. 48 370 The ‘purified’ Pindarics of William Collins and Thomas Gray.

†2. Prosody. An Alexandrine line or verse. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > line > other types of line

underverse1579

recurrent1605

serpentine verse1605

acatalectic1611

rumbler1670

Pindaric1697

quadruped1800

octonarius1819

asynartete1830

pada1855

chronostichon1859

jingle-jangle1864

sevener1920

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > twelve syllables

alexandrine1667

Pindaric1697

Alexandrian1728

dodecasyllable1753

jagatī1843

1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. e2 His Alexandrin Line, which we call, though improperly, the Pindarick; because Mr. Cowley has often employ'd it in his Odes.

1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. f1 I generally..make the last Verse of the Triplet a Pindarique.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pindaric
释义	Pindaricadj.n. Brit. /pɪnˈdarɪk/, U.S. /pɪnˈdɛrɪk/ Forms: 1600s–1700s Pindarick, 1600s–1700s Pindarique, 1600s– Pindaric. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Pindaricus. Etymology: < classical Latin Pindaricus of or in the manner of Pindar < Hellenistic Greek Πινδαρικός < ancient Greek Πίνδαρος (classical Latin Pindarus ), the name of Pindar , an ancient Greek lyric poet + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare French Pindarique (c1556 in Middle French). literary. A. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the style of the ancient Greek poet Pindar (c518–438 b.c.). Also: in the style of Abraham Cowley's Pindarique Odes (see sense B. 1).Pindar's poems were characterized by lyricism and the use of a variety of metres. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [adjective] > specific poets > other ancient Greek Pindarica1637 Sophocleana1644 Pindarical1656 Archilochian1728 Aeschylean1783 Euripidean1821 Aristophanic1827 Hesiodic1838 Theocritean1846 a1637 B. Jonson Execration against Vulcan (1640) D2^v (title) Ode Pindarick on the Death of Sir Hen. Morison. 1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 63 We may use the benefit of the Pindarique way..where the numbers vary and the rhyme is dispos'd carelesly. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 58. ¶13 Those admirable English Authors who call themselves Pindarick Writers. 1765 J. Beattie Verses Charles Churchill 7 He soars Pindaric heights. 1801 S. Owenson Poems 138 The Finnian band's exploits rehearse, In varying bold Pindaric verse. 1869 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Gleanings I. 19 He..built up Pindaric odes to the day of his death. 1913 New Age 25 Sept. 636/1 Pindaric stuff. 1994 Amer. Spectator Sept. 65/2 This tribute to the college's and the country's war dead, with its vision of the war as midwife of a new humanity, is truly Pindaric in scope and burden. B. n. 1. A poem or poetic form supposedly characteristic of or in the style of Pindar. Chiefly in plural.Pindarics became popular after the publication of Abraham Cowley's Pindarique Odes (1656), in which the stanza length, metre, and rhyme scheme are varied within the poems. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > ode > other types of ode genethliacon1566 palinody1583 New Year ode1588 triumphal1589 palinode1600 monody1623 Pindaric1667 genethliac1687 Olympionica1749 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > metres of specific poets Sapphica1586 Pindaric1667 1667 J. Tyrell To Memory of most Excellent Orinda in K. Philips Poems sig. E1 What by Pindaricks can be done. 1685 A. Behn (title) A pindarick on the death of our late Sovereign. 1706 W. Congreve Pindarique Ode on Her Majesty's Arms Disc., sig. A j The Character of these late Pindariques, is a Bundle of rambling incoherent Thoughts, express'd in a like parcel of irregular Stanza's. 1749 B. Martin Lingua Britannica Reformata (at cited word) Pindaric, a sort of poetry in imitation of Pindar, whose strains are prodigious lofty, and almost inimitable. 1768 W. Wilkie Fables 126 You rank me with the drudges for the press; Who from their garrets show'r Pindarics down, Or plaintive elegies to lull the town. 1876 L. Stephen Hist. Eng. Thought 18th Cent. I. 131 Wollaston..had turned the Book of Ecclesiastes into ‘Pindarics’ in order to give vent to his feelings. 1881 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. Feb. 151 The detestable duncery of sham Pindarics. 1940 College Eng. 2 104 It is common to speak of the turgid eloquence of these Pindarics. 1996 Compar. Lit. 48 370 The ‘purified’ Pindarics of William Collins and Thomas Gray. †2. Prosody. An Alexandrine line or verse. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > line > other types of line underverse1579 recurrent1605 serpentine verse1605 acatalectic1611 rumbler1670 Pindaric1697 quadruped1800 octonarius1819 asynartete1830 pada1855 chronostichon1859 jingle-jangle1864 sevener1920 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > twelve syllables alexandrine1667 Pindaric1697 Alexandrian1728 dodecasyllable1753 jagatī1843 1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. e2 His Alexandrin Line, which we call, though improperly, the Pindarick; because Mr. Cowley has often employ'd it in his Odes. 1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. f1 I generally..make the last Verse of the Triplet a Pindarique. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1637
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