Definition of "dithyrambic" [dith•y•ram•bic]

• Of, pertaining to, or resembling a dithyramb; especially, passionate, intoxicated with enthusiasm. (adjective)
• A dithyramb. (noun)

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• "He is quite right that Wilde is in the play as a foil to Housman, and elevates the "dithyrambic" artist at the expense of the scrupulous scholar."
• "Heine’s mental history, but because they are a specimen of his power in that kind of dithyrambic writing which, in less masterly hands, easily becomes ridiculous:"
• "We are met almost at the threshold by a colossal epic, Creation, Man and the Messiah (1830); by songs that turn into dithyrambic odes, by descriptive pieces which embrace the universe, by all the froth and roar and turbidity of genius, with none of its purity and calm."