dithyrambique

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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

  • IPA(key): /di.ti.ʁɑ̃.bik/
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Adjective

dithyrambique (plural dithyrambiques)

  1. (literature) dithyrambic
  2. (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.
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