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Pin⋅dar⋅ic

  [pin-dar-ik]
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–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or in the style of Pindar.
2. of elaborate form and metrical structure, as an ode or verse.
–noun
3. Pindaric ode.
Origin:
1630–40; < L Pindaricus < Gk Pindarikós. See Pindar, -ic

Related forms:
Pin⋅dar⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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Pin·dar·ic   (pĭn-dār'ĭk)   
adj.  

  1. Relating to or characteristic of the poetic style of Pindar.

  2. Of or characteristic of a Pindaric ode.

n.  A Pindaric ode.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

Pindaric 
1640, pertaining to or in the style of Pindar, from Gk. Pindaros, Gk. lyric poet (c.522-443 B.C.E.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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