n. 1 a a wild choral hymn in ancient Greece, esp. to Dionysus. b a Bacchanalian song. 2 any passionate or inflated poem, speech, etc. dithyrambic adj.
[ L dithyrambus f. Gk dithurambos, of unkn. orig. ]
DITHYRAMB
Meaning of DITHYRAMB in English
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012