corinthian
/kəˈɹɪnθi.ən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.85 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of the Corinthian order.
adj
adj
Being a sporting event (originally in horse racing and yachting) restricted to gentleman amateurs.
noun
An inhabitant or a resident of Corinth, and its suburbs.
noun
An inhabitant, a resident of; a thing that originates from Corinthia.
noun
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "The examples of the concave family in the Byzantine times are found principally either in large capitals founded on the Greek Corinthian, used chiefly for the nave pillars of churches, or in the small lateral shafts of the palaces."
- "all her young Corinthian laity"
- "Corinthian Stakes of 10 Guineas ... To be rode by Gentlemen."
- "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."
- "[W]e have horse races ... whereat the aforesaid noble animals are ridden by gentlemen, and if I err not are named "Corinthian.""
Etymology
From Latin Corinthius + -an. By surface analysis, Corinth + -ian. The senses related to opulence or debauchery derive from the reputation of ancient Corinth.
Inflected Forms
more Corinthian (comparative)
most Corinthian (superlative)
Korinthian (alternative)
Corinthians (plural)
Derived Forms
Phrases
Synonyms
fashionista
man about town
trendy
Corinthian
faddist
fashionable
fashionist
hepcat
hepster
hipster
sophisto
snappy dresser