Dithyramb (noun)
dith-ee-ram
A wild choral hymn of ancient Greece, especially one dedicated to Dionysus./ A passionate or inflated speech, poem, or other writing.
Early 17th century via Latin from Greek dithurambos, of unknown ultimate origin.
Example sentences
“She recited the epic dithyramb.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
