What is another word for Anacreontic?

Pronunciation: [ˌanɐkɹɪˈɒntɪk] (IPA)

Anacreontic is a word used to describe something that is related to the Greek poet Anacreon, who was famous for his lyrical poems and songs. If you are looking for synonyms for this word, you can use the following: lyrical, melodic, harmonious, tuneful, poetic, musical, rhythmic, or bardic. All these words convey a sense of musicality and poetry, which is what Anacreontic is all about. Whether you are talking about a piece of music, a poem, or any other artistic work, using any of these synonyms will help you express the same idea in a different way, without losing any of its meaning.

Usage examples for Anacreontic

He is not, in any sense, one of the Anacreontic singers of the pleasures of wine, of whom Horace is the typical example in ancient times.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
There was a loud tapping and clinking of glasses, and then the Colonel trolled forth in a sweet tenor voice an Anacreontic song about women, and sparkling wine, and eyes divine, and flowing bowls, and joyous souls, and ladies bright, as dark as night, and ladies rare, as bright as fair, and so on, and so on, the whole being listened to with the deepest attention and the greatest of satisfaction by a body of gentlemen whose thoughts at the moment, if not set upon women and wine, certainly were upon wine and women.
"The Master of the Ceremonies"
George Manville Fenn
Anacreon talks to the point so well that you must forgive him, I think, for being Anacreontic, and take from his hands what is not defiled.
"The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)"
Frederic G. Kenyon

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