dithyramb.
(Of thelat.)dithyrambus, and this of theGr. d?(aµß?, nickname of Dionysus).
1. m. exaggerated praise, excessive praise.
2. m. In the old Greece, poetic composition in loor of Dionysus.
3. m. poetic composition, often laudatory character along the lines of the Greek dithyrambic .
