Anacreontic

  • 121anacreontique — n. See anacreontic …

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  • 122amorous — adj 1. loving, amatory, amatorious, amative, Anacreontic; passionate, impassioned, ardent, fervent. 2. sexual, lustful, concupiscent, salacious; lecherous, Archaic. lickerish, prurient, lascivious, wanton, cadgy, licentious, lewd, libidinous;… …

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  • 123convivial — adj 1. jovial, gregarious, merry making, anacreontic, social, party loving, Inf. partying, Sl. whoop it up; hearty, jolly, cheerful, Inf. back slapping. 2. festive, feastful, party, celebrative, holiday; merry, gay, joyful, joyous. 3. genial,… …

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  • 124erotic — adj 1. amatory, Anacreontic, amorous, lovesome, fond, enamored, infatuated; passionate, rapturous, fervent, ardent; tempestuous, impetuous, burning, fiery. 2. aphrodisiac, venereal, seductive, inflammatory, titillating, enticing, alluring,… …

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  • 125poem — n verse composition, lyric, sonnet, villanelle, ode, Class. Prosody. epode, palinode, anacreontic, dithyramb, elegy; rhapsody, epic; rondelet, Prosody. rondeau, Prosody. rondel; pastoral, idyll, eclogue, bucolic, georgic; nuptial song,… …

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  • 126Oldys, William — (1696 1761)    Antiquary, wrote a Life of Sir W. Raleigh prefixed to an ed. of his works (1736), a Dissertation on Pamphlets (1731), and was joint ed. with Dr. Johnson of the Harleian Miscellany. He amassed many interesting facts in literary… …

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  • 127Anacreon — /əˈnækriən/ (say uh nakreeuhn) noun 572?–488? BC, Greek lyric poet known for his love poems and drinking songs. –Anacreontic, adjective …

  • 128Sewell, George — (?1690 1726)    Born at Windsor and educated at Eton College, he graduated B.A. from Peterhouse, Cambridge, in 1790. After studying medicine at Leyden, Holland, he graduated as a physician from Edinburgh in 1725. His London medical practice was… …

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