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dithyrambique

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French

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin dithyrambicus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek διθυραμβικός (dithurambikós). By surface analysis, dithyrambe +‎ -ique.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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dithyrambique (plural dithyrambiques)

  1. (literature) dithyrambic
  2. (by extension, derogatory) eulogistic, laudatory

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