Word of the Week – January 8, 2022

Dithyramb

Noun

Latin from Greek, early 17^th century

A wild choral hymn of ancient Greece, especially one dedicated to Dionysus.

A passionate or inflated speech, poem, or other writing.

Example: My energetic dithyramb on the stupidity of trickle-down economics fell flat at the Ronald Reagan Glee Club meeting.