Usually means: Celebratory, lyrical poetry about drinking.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word anacreontic:

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  1. Anacreontic, anacreontic: Merriam-Webster
  2. Anacreontic, anacreontic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Anacreontic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Anacreontic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Anacreontic, anacreontic: Wordnik
  6. Anacreontic, anacreontic: Wiktionary
  7. Anacreontic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. Anacreontic: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Anacreontic: Dictionary.com
  10. Anacreontic: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Anacreontic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Anacreontic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. anacreontic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Anacreontic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. anacreontic: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. anacreontic: FreeDictionary.org
  17. Anacreontic: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. Anacreontic: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  19. anacreontic: Merriam-Webster

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ANACREONTIC: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Anacreontic: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Anacreontic: Wordcraft Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Anacreontic)

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

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