anacreontic

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UK/əˌnakɹɪˈɒntɪk/US/əˌnækɹiˈɑntɪk/

adjective

Pertaining to the style of the Greek poet Anacreon, who wrote of wine and love; (specifically) designating a metre based on an anaclastic ionic dimeter.

OriginLate Latin Anacreonticus ← Ancient Greek Ἀνακρέων →
First used 17th c.Scrabble 15
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Meanings

anacreontic1

adjectiveanacreontic (comparative more anacreontic, superlative most anacreontic)

comparative more anacreontic · superlative most anacreontic

  1. human sciencesPertaining to the style of the Greek poet Anacreon, who wrote of wine and love; (specifically) designating a metre based on an anaclastic ionic dimeter.First known use 17th c.
  2. Characterised by festivity and the celebration of love and/or drinking; bacchanalian, amorous.First known use 17th c.

    [T]he false Thecla […] had initiated me into the anacreontic diversions and fruitions of men and women.

    1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter X, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 95
nounanacreontic (plural anacreontics)

plural anacreontics

  1. communicationsA short lyrical piece about love and wine.

Anacreontic2

adjectiveAnacreontic (comparative more Anacreontic, superlative most Anacreontic)

comparative more Anacreontic · superlative most Anacreontic

  1. alternativeAlternative form of anacreontic.
nounAnacreontic (plural Anacreontics)

plural Anacreontics

  1. alternativeAlternative form of anacreontic.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
erotic

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekἈνακρέων
  2. Late LatinAnacreonticus
  3. Englishanacreontic

From Late Latin Anacreonticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀνακρέων (Anakréōn), Anacreon a Greek poet.

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Translations

Catalan anacreòntic
  • anacreònticpertaining to the Greek poet Anacreon
French anacréontique
  • anacréontiquepertaining to the Greek poet Anacreon
German anakreontisch
  • anakreontischpertaining to the Greek poet Anacreon
Polish anakreontyczny, anakreontyk
  • anakreontycznypertaining to the Greek poet Anacreon
  • anakreontykTranslations
Portuguese anacreôntico
  • anacreônticopertaining to the Greek poet Anacreon
Spanish anacreóntico, anacreóntica
  • anacreónticopertaining to the Greek poet Anacreon
  • anacreónticaTranslations
Swedish anakreontisk
  • anakreontiskpertaining to the Greek poet Anacreon

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APA

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

MLA

“anacreontic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anacreontic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anacreontic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anacreontic.

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