NOUN | communication | dithyramb | a wildly enthusiastic speech / speech or piece of writing |
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communication | dithyramb | (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus) |
Sounds | dih'therae.m | |
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Rhymes | Abraham ... yam: 73 rhymes with aem... |
Meaning | A wildly enthusiastic speech / speech or piece of writing. | |
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Broader | address, speech | The act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience |
writing, written material, piece of writing | The work of a writer | |
Spanish | ditirambo | |
Adjectives | dithyrambic | of or in the manner of a dithyramb |
Meaning | (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus). | |
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Category | antiquity | The historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe |
Region | Greece, Hellenic Republic, Ellas | A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula |
Broader | hymn, anthem | A song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation) |
Spanish | ditirambo | |
Catalan | ditiràmbic |
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