Balladic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characteristic of a ballad

    "Still, my favorite moments are the quiet ones, like when Henry, the tell-me-about-the-rabbits-George deviate, croons his balladic confession, "I did a thing.""

Example

More examples

"Still, my favorite moments are the quiet ones, like when Henry, the tell-me-about-the-rabbits-George deviate, croons his balladic confession, "I did a thing.""

Etymology

From ballad + -ic.

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