dithyrambic
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When I left the politicians, I went to the poets; tragic, dithyrambic, and all sorts.
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The critics saluted in dithyrambic terms Abe Lincoln in Illinois, a timely and fervent chronicle but not much by way of drama.
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Nor did the times suit his lyrical temperament, which today can express itself in dithyrambic celebrations.
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Out of genuine affection and twenty-twenty vision, Author Lee has fashioned the best of the few U.S. books about Greece, even including Henry Miller's dithyrambic tribute, The Colossus of Maroussi.
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"Talk of de devil," said Yankelé, who had much difficulty in keeping his countenance when Manasseh became magnificent and dithyrambic.
From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.