Anacreontic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anacreontic \A*nac`re*on"tic\, a. [L. Anacreonticus.]
     Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the
     Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial. --De Quincey.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Anacreontic \A*nac`re*on"tic\, n.
     A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem
     in praise of love and wine.
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