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choric

[ kawr-ik, kohr- ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or written for a chorus.


choric

/ ˈɒɪ /

adjective

  1. of, like, for, or in the manner of a chorus, esp of singing, dancing, or the speaking of verse
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of choric1

1810–20; < Late Latin choricus < Greek ǰó, equivalent to chor ( ó ) chorus + -ikos -ic
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Hardy plays Mark, a minicab driver who has a choric function, singing about his own expertise on the subject of psychopathic homicide.

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This choric hostility was in both cases essentially socio-cultural, and not literary.

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They also function as a choric background against which the poet can strike his lonely, heroic poses.

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But the show's originality lies in the way Cork has helped to shape and reorder verbatim speech to create a piece of choric theatre.

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John Cooper Clarke has a great choric cameo with a poem entitled Pity the Plight of Young Fellows.

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