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French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dithyrambicus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek διθυραμβικός (dithurambikós). By surface analysis, dithyrambe + -ique.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dithyrambique (plural dithyrambiques)
- (literature) dithyrambic
- (by extension, derogatory) eulogistic, laudatory
2015 January, Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, volume 1, Éditions Grasset, →ISBN:Trois commentaires dithyrambiques sur le pilote d’une émission, les internautes se méfient et flairent la manipulation, trente critiques délirantes d’hostilité et personne ne se pose de question.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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