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Anacreontic in a sentence

Anacreontic meaning

  1. Pertaining to the style of the Greek poet Anacreon, who wrote of wine and love; (specifically) designating a metre based on an anaclastic ionic dimeter.
  2. Characterised by festivity and the celebration of love and/or drinking; bacchanalian, amorous.

Using Anacreontic

  • The main meaning on this page is: Pertaining to the style of the Greek poet Anacreon, who wrote of wine and love; (specifically) designating a metre based on an anaclastic ionic dimeter. | Characterised by festivity and the celebration of love and/or drinking; bacchanalian, amorous.
  • In the example corpus, anacreontic often appears in combinations such as: the anacreontic, anacreontic song.

Context around Anacreontic

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

song 2×

Sentence patterns with Anacreontic

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

as the anacreontic song in 1× of the anacreontic song 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

the tune was 1×

Common sentence endings:

empire building elites 1× the anacreontic song 1×

Words around Anacreontic

Just before it in the word index:

anacreon 2 anacostia 16 anacortes 6 anacondas 5 anaconda 35 anacletus 7

Just after it in the word index:

anacs 2 anad 3 anadarko 30 anadol 2 anadolou 2 anadolu 95

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabb 4 aabria 4 aacha 4 aacta 4 aadu 4 aafmaa 4

Corpus analysis for Anacreontic

  • In this selection, "anacreontic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, song stand out and add context to how "anacreontic" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include as the anacreontic song in and of the anacreontic song. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "anacreontic" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with anacreontic

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The tune was hatched as the “Anacreontic Song” in eighteenth-century England: a drinking song for empire-building elites. (19 words)

Much of the idea of the poem, including the flag imagery and some of the wording, is derived from an earlier song by Key, also set to the tune of " The Anacreontic Song ". (33 words)

Longer example sentences

Much of the idea of the poem, including the flag imagery and some of the wording, is derived from an earlier song by Key, also set to the tune of " The Anacreontic Song ". (33 words)

The tune was hatched as the “Anacreontic Song” in eighteenth-century England: a drinking song for empire-building elites. (19 words)

Example sentences (2)

The tune was hatched as the “Anacreontic Song” in eighteenth-century England: a drinking song for empire-building elites.

Much of the idea of the poem, including the flag imagery and some of the wording, is derived from an earlier song by Key, also set to the tune of " The Anacreontic Song ".

Common combinations with anacreontic

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "anacreontic" in a sentence?
An example: "The tune was hatched as the “Anacreontic Song” in eighteenth-century England: a drinking song for empire-building elites." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "anacreontic" from authentic English texts.
What does "anacreontic" mean?
Anacreontic means: Pertaining to the style of the Greek poet Anacreon, who wrote of wine and love; (specifically) designating a metre based on an anaclastic ionic dimeter.
How many example sentences with "anacreontic" are there?
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