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Anacreontic (uh-nak-ree-ON-tik) adjective — Celebrating love and drinking. [After Anacreon, a Greek poet in the 6th century BCE, noted for his songs in praise of love and wine.] The US national anthem 'The Star-Spangled Banner' is set to the tune of the English song 'To Anacreon in Heaven' which was the 'constitutional song' of the Anacreontic Society, a gentlemen's music club in London. (from a-word-a-day)

Nice to know that the U.S. National Anthem is from a drinking song. (-: