Definition of anacreontic
: a poem in the manner of Anacreon;
especially
: a drinking song or light lyric
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First Known Use of anacreontic
1656
Origin and Etymology of anacreontic
Latin anacreonticus, from Anacreont-, Anacreon Anacreon, from Greek Anakreont-, Anakreōn
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First Known Use: 1611
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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