Definition of anacreontic:
(adj) :
Characterised by festivity and the celebration of love and/or drinking; bacchanalian, amorous.
(n) :
(poetry) A short lyrical piece about love and wine.
(adj) :
(prosody) 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.
(n) :
Alternative form of anacreontic. [(poetry) A short lyrical piece about love and wine.]
(adj) :
Alternative form of anacreontic. [(prosody) 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.]