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Meaning of ANACREONTIC

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
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  1. \A*nac`re*on"tic\, a. [L. Anacreonticus.]
    Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the
    Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial. --De Quincey.
    
  2. \A*nac`re*on"tic\, n.
    A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem
    in praise of love and wine.
    
 
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