different between intoxicated vs dithyrambic

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?t?ks?ke?t?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?t?ks?ke?t?d/
• Hyphenation: in?tox?i?cat?ed

Adjective

intoxicated (comparative more intoxicated, superlative most intoxicated)

1. Stupefied by alcohol, drunk.
2. Stupefied by any chemical substance.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:drunk

Translations

Verb

intoxicated

1. simple past tense and past participle of intoxicate

English

Etymology

dithyramb +? -ic

Adjective

dithyrambic (comparative more dithyrambic, superlative most dithyrambic)

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a dithyramb; especially, passionate, intoxicated with enthusiasm.
   • 1985, Paul Binding, Harmonica's Bridegroom [1], ?ISBN, page 131:

     ... thighs appear to be continuously alighting and pausing in mid-air, detached from their dithyrambic owners, like luminous birds on the wing.

   • 2000, Ian C. Johnston, The Birth of Tragedy [2] by Friedrich Nietzsche, page 104:

     The dithyrambic chorus is a chorus of transformed people, for whom their social past, their civic position, is entirely forgotten.

   • 2005, William Forbes Gray, Some Old Scots Judges: Anecdotes and Impressions [3], ?ISBN, page 25:

     Nevertheless, if one has time and, still more, the patience to search whole acres of dithyrambic prose, he shall have his reward.

Noun

dithyrambic (plural dithyrambics)

1. A dithyramb.
   • 1775, Anonymous, review of the West translation of Pindar's Olympic Odes, in The Critical Review, volume 40, ^[4] page 451,

     As we have no remains of the dithyrambics of the ancients, we cannot exactly ascertain the measure.