Corinthian
See also: corinthian
English
Illustration which present the Corinthian order (sense 2)
Etymology
From Corinth + -ian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈɹɪnθiən/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɪnθiən
Adjective
Corinthian (comparative more Corinthian, superlative most Corinthian)
- Of or relating to Corinth.
- (architecture) Of the Corinthian Greek order.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), OCLC 630079698, page 21:
- The silver waters of the spring had long since disappeared, but there still were left a few of the Corinthian pillars, some stretched on the ground and overgrown with creeping-plants, while two or three yet remained erect, and showed how graceful the whole must have been.
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- Elaborate, ornate.
- Debauched in character or practice; impure.
- 1642 April, John Milton, An Apology for Smectymnuus; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I, Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, OCLC 926209975, page 1:
- all her young Corinthian laity
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- Being a sporting event (originally in horse racing and yachting) restricted to gentleman amateurs.
- 1825 June 16, “Curragh June Meeting, 1825”, in Dublin Evening Post, Dublin, page 4:
- Corinthian Stakes of 10 Guineas ... To be rode by Gentlemen.
- 1844 July 1, “What Is A Gentleman?”, in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, volume xi, Edinburgh: William Tait, page 417:
- It was a condition of the race, that the horses should be ridden by gentlemen ... [I]t was submitted, that if none were to be reputed in the rank of gentlemen, whose wives had not been visited by Lady Clanricarde, the notion of a Corinthian Race might as well be given up at once, within twenty miles all round Portumna castle. It would amount, in fact, to a disgentilizing of two or three counties.
- 1853 January 30, "The Man In The Mask", “The Regattas of 1853”, in Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle, London, page 6:
- [W]e have horse races ... whereat the aforesaid noble animals are ridden by gentlemen, and if I err not are named "Corinthian."
- 1856 October 1, “Royal Northern Yacht Club Regatta”, in Hunt's Yachting Magazine, volume 5, London: Hunt, page 427:
- In Corinthian matches the yachts are steered and manned by gentlemen alone,
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Derived terms
- Corinthianism
- Corinthianize
- Corinthian brass
- Corinthian bronze
- Corinthian helmet
- Corinthian order
- Corinthian spirit
Translations
of or relating to Corinth
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of that classical order
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Noun
Corinthian (plural Corinthians)
- An inhabitant or a resident of Corinth, and its suburbs.
- An inhabitant, a resident of; a thing that originates from Corinthia
- An accomplished amateur athlete.
- A sailboat owner who helms his or her own boat in competitive racing.
- A worldly, fashionable person, accepted in society though possibly dissolute.
- (manège) Horse show-class in which contestants are members of a formal hunt and wear its livery, as opposed to appointment show-class.
- A small tubular wafer used in desserts.
Translations
an inhabitant or a resident of Corinth
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a thing that originates from Corinthia
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a well-dressed nineteenth-century Englishman
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