dithyrambic

1. 1.

   of or in the manner of a dithyramb

Questions about dithyrambic

What does dithyrambic mean?

dithyrambic means "of or in the manner of a dithyramb".

How many syllables are in dithyrambic?

dithyrambic has 4 syllables and divides as di-thy-ram-bic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is dithyrambic a common word?

dithyrambic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.