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dithyramb (n.)
c. 1600, from Latin
dithyrambus
, from Greek
dithyrambos
, which is of unknown origin, perhaps a pre-Hellenic loan-word. A wild choric hymn, originally in honor of Dionysus or Bacchus. Related:
Dithyrambic
.
