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单词 pindarizing
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Pindarizingadj.

Brit. /ˈpɪndərʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɪndəˌraɪzɪŋ/
Forms: 1600s 1900s– Pindarizing, 1900s– Pindarising.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Pindar , -izing suffix2.
Etymology: < the name of Pindar (see Pindaric adj. and n.) + -izing suffix2. Compare later Pindarize v.
rare before late 20th cent.
Writing or written in a Pindaric style; imitative of Pindar.
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1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders i. iv. 43 To vse the phrase of our descanting and Pindarizing Poets [Fr. poètes de la pleïade].
1985 Classical Q. New Ser. 35 138 The Pindarising character of other poems..make it plain that the genres..are not simply to be regarded as specimens of the types of writing which Horace declines to attempt.
1995 S. J. Harrison Homage to Horace vii. 116 Criticizing him as a rash and over-ambitious Pindarizing poetaster.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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