adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to Corinth.
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Standard Lemma guide
Corinthian
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/kəˈɹɪnθi.ən/
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rhymes with -ɪnθiən
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homophone: Carinthian
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CMU ARPABET: K ER0 IH1 N TH IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Of the Corinthian order.
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Topics: architecture
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adj
Meaning 3
Elaborate, ornate.
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adj
Meaning 4
Debauched in character or practice; impure.
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adj
Meaning 5
Being a sporting event (originally in horse racing and yachting) restricted to gentleman amateurs.
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noun
Meaning 6
An inhabitant or a resident of Corinth, and its suburbs.
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noun
Meaning 7
An inhabitant, a resident of; a thing that originates from Corinthia.
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noun
Meaning 8
An accomplished amateur athlete.
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noun
Meaning 9
A sailboat owner who helms their own boat in competitive racing.
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noun
Meaning 10
A worldly, fashionable person, accepted in society though possibly dissolute.
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Synonyms: fashionista, man about town, trendy, Corinthian, faddist, fashionable, fashionist, hepcat, hepster, hipster, sophisto, snappy dresser, trendite, voguie, swell, bon viveur, epicure, epicurean, hedonist, high-stepper, lapling, lotus-eater, pleasure seeker, pleasurist, sensualist, softling, sybarite, voluptuarian, voluptuary
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noun
Meaning 11
Alternative letter-case form of Corinthian (“a sailboat owner who helms his or her own boat in competitive racing”)
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adjective
Meaning 12
of or relating to or characteristic of Corinth or its inhabitants
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adjective
Meaning 13
or pertaining to the Corinthian style of architecture
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noun
Meaning 14
a resident of Corinth
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Broader terms: Greek, Hellene
noun
Meaning 15
a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: playboy, man-about-town
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Broader terms: hedonist, pagan, pleasure seeker
History
Etymology
From Latin Corinthius + -an. By surface analysis, Corinth + -ian. The senses related to opulence or debauchery derive from the reputation of ancient Corinth.
Across languages
Translations
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: кори́нтски (koríntski) — of or relating to Corinth
- Catalan: corinti — of or relating to Corinth
- Czech: korintský — of or relating to Corinth
- Danish: korintisk — of or relating to Corinth
- Finnish: korinttilainen — of or relating to Corinth
- German: korinthisch — of or relating to Corinth
- Greek: κορινθιακός (korinthiakós) — of or relating to Corinth
- Hungarian: korinthoszi — of or relating to Corinth
- Irish: Corantach — of or relating to Corinth
- Italian: corinzio — of or relating to Corinth
- Latin: Corinthius — of or relating to Corinth
- Latin: Corinthiacus — of or relating to Corinth
- Latin: Corinthiēnsis — of or relating to Corinth
- Polish: koryncki — of or relating to Corinth
- Polish: koryntyjski — of or relating to Corinth
- Portuguese: coríntio — of or relating to Corinth
- Portuguese: coríntico — of or relating to Corinth
- Romanian: corintian — of or relating to Corinth
- Romanian: corintic — of or relating to Corinth
- Russian: кори́нфский (korínfskij) — of or relating to Corinth
- Spanish: corintio — of or relating to Corinth
- Swedish: korintisk — of or relating to Corinth
- Bulgarian: кори́нтски (koríntski) — of that classical order
- Danish: korintisk — of that classical order
- Finnish: korinttilainen — of that classical order
- Hungarian: korinthoszi — of that classical order
- Irish: Corantach — of that classical order
- Latin: Corinthius — of that classical order
- Polish: koryncki — of that classical order
- Polish: koryntyjski — of that classical order
- Portuguese: coríntio — of that classical order
- Romanian: corintic — of that classical order
- Russian: кори́нфский (korínfskij) — of that classical order
- Catalan: corinti — an inhabitant or a resident of Corinth
- Czech: Korinťan — an inhabitant or a resident of Corinth
- Danish: korinter — an inhabitant or a resident of Corinth
- Finnish: korinttilainen — an inhabitant or a resident of Corinth
- French: Corinthien — an inhabitant or a resident of Corinth
- French: Corinthienne — an inhabitant or a resident of Corinth
- Greek: Κορίνθιος (Korínthios) — an inhabitant or a resident of Corinth
- Greek: Κορίνθια (Korínthia) — an inhabitant or a resident of Corinth
- Irish: Corantach — an inhabitant or a resident of Corinth
- Polish: koryntianin — an inhabitant or a resident of Corinth
- Polish: koryntczyk — an inhabitant or a resident of Corinth
- Polish: koryntyjczyk — an inhabitant or a resident of Corinth
- Polish: koryntianka — an inhabitant or a resident of Corinth
- Portuguese: coríntio — an inhabitant or a resident of Corinth
- Romanian: corintian — an inhabitant or a resident of Corinth
- Russian: кори́нфянин (korínfjanin) — an inhabitant or a resident of Corinth
- Russian: кори́нфянка (korínfjanka) — an inhabitant or a resident of Corinth
- Tumbuka: muKorinte — an inhabitant or a resident of Corinth
- French: corinthien — a thing that originates from Corinthia
- French: corinthienne — a thing that originates from Corinthia
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