Pindaric flight

noun

A literary passage that has no logical connection to the surrounding work, or is a long digression that becomes less and less related to the original passage.

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Meanings

nounPindaric flight (plural Pindaric flights)

plural Pindaric flights

  1. A literary passage that has no logical connection to the surrounding work, or is a long digression that becomes less and less related to the original passage.

Translations

Italian volo pindarico
  • volo pindaricoa literary passage that has no logical connection to the surrounding work
Russian пиндарический полет
  • пиндарический полет (pindaričeskij polet)a literary passage that has no logical connection to the surrounding work
Ukrainian піндаричний політ
  • піндаричний політ (pindaryčnyj polit)a literary passage that has no logical connection to the surrounding work
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APA

Pindaric flight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pindaric%20flight

MLA

“Pindaric flight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pindaric%20flight. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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