Corinthianadj.n.

Brit.

/kəˈrɪnθɪən/, U.S.

/kəˈrɪnθiən/

Etymology: < Latin Corinthius (Greek Κορίνθιος) + -an suffix.

A. adj.

a. Of or pertaining to Corinth.

b. Architecture. The name of one of the three Grecian orders (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian), of which it is the lightest and most ornate, having a bell-shaped capital adorned with rows of acanthus-leaves giving rise to graceful volutes and helices.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [adjective] > classical orders

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Ionic?1566

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Corinthiac1638

Corinthian1656

rustic1663

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1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Diii The Pedestal of Corinthia.

1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Div^v The whole Trabeations of the Corinthe.

1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 24^v For beautie, columnes, Corinthies, and slender Ionices, are set vpon them.]

1656 T. Blount Glossographia (at cited word) In Architecture there are five orders of pillars, The Tuscan, Dorique, Ionique, Corinthian, Composite or Italian.

1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 444 The disposition of Doric pillars in the first story, of Ionic in the middle, and Corinthian in the third.

1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. i. 14 The two orders, Doric and Corinthian, are the roots of all European architecture.

c. Corinthian brass n. (also Corinithian bronze) [Latin Corinthium aes] an alloy, said to be of gold, silver, and copper, produced at Corinth, and much prized in ancient times as the material of costly ornaments. Also figurative (from the figurative sense of brass n.) effrontery or shamelessness, such as that attributed to the Corinthians. Hence also Corinthian = ‘brazen’.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > alloy of precious metals > copper, gold and silver

Corinthian brass1601

ring gold1790

Corinth metal-

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 487 The Corinthian brasse mettall was most highly commended: and the same mixture happened euen by meere chance and fortune, when the city Corinth was woon, sacked and burnt to the ground.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vii. 244 For, God remembred that he made not Man Of Stone, or Steele, or Brasse Corinthian.

1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.)

1755 T. Amory Mem. Ladies 504 He..has the Corinthian face to offer, [etc.].

2. After the elegant style of Corinthian art. Applied by Matthew Arnold to an over-brilliant literary style: see quot. 1865.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > brilliant

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1860 R. W. Emerson Behaviour in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 163 Nothing can be more excellent in kind than the Corinthian grace of Gertrude's manners.

1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. ii. 73 I have already spoken of the Attic and the Asiatic styles; besides these, there is the Corinthian style...It has not the warm glow, blithe movement, and soft pliancy of life, as the Attic style has; it has not the over-heavy richness and encumbered gait of the Asiatic style; it has glitter without warmth, rapidity without ease, effectiveness without charm.

1869 M. Arnold Culture & Anarchy Pref. p. xi A flight of Corinthian leading articles, and an irruption of Mr. G. A. Sala.

3. ‘Relating to the licentious manners of Corinth’ (Johnson), profligate. In 19th century use: given to elegant dissipation.

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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [adjective]

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1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 17 The sage and rheumatick old Prelatesse with all her young Corinthian Laity.

1821 P. Egan (title) Life in London; the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorne and his Elegant Friend, Corinthian Tom.

1890 Daily Tel. 25 Feb. 4/7 (Farmer) Is it not curious that hotel proprietors [at Monte Carlo] should countenance..a Tom and Jerry tone and a wild Corinthian element?

4. (U.S.) Yachting. Amateur.

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1885 Harper's Mag. June 83/1 On the yacht of a friend who was fond of sailing Corinthian races.

5. Corinthian bagatelle n. any of several variations of bagatelle (sense A. 2).

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > bagatelle and similar games > [noun]

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Skee-Ball1923

Corinthian bagatelle1933

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1933 Punch 27 Dec. 715/2 The rules of the House must be revised so as to permit the introduction of..such palliatives as Corinthian bagatelle.

1936 J. Cary Afr. Witch xxxi. 404 Another table..supported a Corinthian bagatelle board, complete with balls and cue.

1939 G. Greene Confidential Agent iv. i. 273 Boards for Corinthian bagatelle.

B. n.

1. A native or inhabitant of Corinth.

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1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Cor. vi. 11 O ye Corinthyans! [ Wyclif A ȝe Corynthis, 1388 Corynthies] oure mouth is open vnto you.

1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. 253 The Corinthians seem to have had some reason for expecting an attack.

2. (From the proverbial wealth, luxury, and licentiousness of ancient Corinth):

†a. A wealthy man; a profligate idler; a gay, licentious man; also, a shameless or ‘brazen-faced’ fellow (cf. A. 1c). Obsolete.

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1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 162 If there were any man in any part of Asia very welthy and rich, he was called by a common phrase a Corinthian.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 12 I am..a Corinthian, a lad of metall, a good boy.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Corinthian, a very impudent, harden'd, brazen-fac'd Fellow.

1706 J. Potter Archæologia Græca (ed. 2) II. iv. xii. 309 To act the Corinthian, is.., to commit fornication, according to Hesychius.

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Corinthians, frequenters of brothels; also an impudent brazen faced fellow.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. iii. 68 Who is this gallant, honest Mike?—is he a Corinthian—a cutter like thyself?

1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. viii. xxviii. 558 A reference to the immorality of the city may still be heard in the use of the word ‘Corinthians’ for profligate idlers.

b. A ‘swell’; a man of fashion about town.‘In the third decade of the present century the word, both as a substantive and an adjective, was at the height of its popularity’ (Latham).

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Hooray Henry1959

1819 T. Moore Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress 9 'Twas diverting to see, as one ogled around, How Corinthians and Commoners mixed on the ground.

1821 New Monthly Mag. 2 242 This more elegant appellation [Corinthian] has superseded its predecessor Dandy, once so popular in every rank.

1825 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor (ed. 2) II. ix. 82 The brothers were what, in modern times, we should call Dandies, or Corinthians.

1854 W. M. Thackeray J. Leech's Pictures in Q. Rev. Dec. (Farmer) Corinthian, it appears, was the phrase applied to men of fashion and ton..they were the brilliant predecessors of the ‘swell’ of the present period.

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c. A wealthy amateur of sport who rides his own horses, steers his own yacht, etc.; esp. in U.S. an amateur yachtsman.

Derivatives

Coˈrinthianism n.

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1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 13 279 In England their profession was Corinthianism, when that sect was in its glory; but now..real pleasures are too low for their refined appetites.

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单词	corinthian
释义	Corinthianadj.n. Brit. /kəˈrɪnθɪən/, U.S. /kəˈrɪnθiən/ Etymology: < Latin Corinthius (Greek Κορίνθιος) + -an suffix. A. adj. 1. a. Of or pertaining to Corinth. b. Architecture. The name of one of the three Grecian orders (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian), of which it is the lightest and most ornate, having a bell-shaped capital adorned with rows of acanthus-leaves giving rise to graceful volutes and helices. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [adjective] > classical orders composite1563 Italic1563 Tuscan1563 Ionic?1566 compositive1601 Tuscanic1601 Doric1614 Ionical1624 Italian1624 Roman1624 compoundeda1639 compound ordera1639 Corinthiac1638 Corinthian1656 rustic1663 composed1728 1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Diii The Pedestal of Corinthia. 1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Div^v The whole Trabeations of the Corinthe. 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 24^v For beautie, columnes, Corinthies, and slender Ionices, are set vpon them.] 1656 T. Blount Glossographia (at cited word) In Architecture there are five orders of pillars, The Tuscan, Dorique, Ionique, Corinthian, Composite or Italian. 1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 444 The disposition of Doric pillars in the first story, of Ionic in the middle, and Corinthian in the third. 1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. i. 14 The two orders, Doric and Corinthian, are the roots of all European architecture. c. Corinthian brass n. (also Corinithian bronze) [Latin Corinthium aes] an alloy, said to be of gold, silver, and copper, produced at Corinth, and much prized in ancient times as the material of costly ornaments. Also figurative (from the figurative sense of brass n.) effrontery or shamelessness, such as that attributed to the Corinthians. Hence also Corinthian = ‘brazen’. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > alloy of precious metals > copper, gold and silver Corinthian brass1601 ring gold1790 Corinth metal- 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 487 The Corinthian brasse mettall was most highly commended: and the same mixture happened euen by meere chance and fortune, when the city Corinth was woon, sacked and burnt to the ground. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vii. 244 For, God remembred that he made not Man Of Stone, or Steele, or Brasse Corinthian. 1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) 1755 T. Amory Mem. Ladies 504 He..has the Corinthian face to offer, [etc.]. 2. After the elegant style of Corinthian art. Applied by Matthew Arnold to an over-brilliant literary style: see quot. 1865. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > brilliant gayc1425 luculent1548 Corinthian1860 lambent1871 1860 R. W. Emerson Behaviour in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 163 Nothing can be more excellent in kind than the Corinthian grace of Gertrude's manners. 1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. ii. 73 I have already spoken of the Attic and the Asiatic styles; besides these, there is the Corinthian style...It has not the warm glow, blithe movement, and soft pliancy of life, as the Attic style has; it has not the over-heavy richness and encumbered gait of the Asiatic style; it has glitter without warmth, rapidity without ease, effectiveness without charm. 1869 M. Arnold Culture & Anarchy Pref. p. xi A flight of Corinthian leading articles, and an irruption of Mr. G. A. Sala. 3. ‘Relating to the licentious manners of Corinth’ (Johnson), profligate. In 19th century use: given to elegant dissipation. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [adjective] golec888 canga1225 light?c1225 wooinga1382 nicea1387 riota1400 wantonc1400 wrenec1400 lachesc1450 loose?a1500 licentious1555 libertine1560 prostitute1569 riggish1569 wide1574 slipper1581 slippery1586 sportive1595 gay1597 Cyprian1598 suburb1598 waggish1600 smicker1606 suburbian1606 loose-living1607 wantona1627 free-living1632 libertinous1632 loose-lived1641 Corinthian1642 akolastic1656 slight1685 fast1699 freea1731 brisk1740 shy1787 slang1818 randomc1825 fastish1832 loosish1846 slummya1860 velocious1872 fly1880 slack1951 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 17 The sage and rheumatick old Prelatesse with all her young Corinthian Laity. 1821 P. Egan (title) Life in London; the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorne and his Elegant Friend, Corinthian Tom. 1890 Daily Tel. 25 Feb. 4/7 (Farmer) Is it not curious that hotel proprietors [at Monte Carlo] should countenance..a Tom and Jerry tone and a wild Corinthian element? 4. (U.S.) Yachting. Amateur. ΚΠ 1885 Harper's Mag. June 83/1 On the yacht of a friend who was fond of sailing Corinthian races. 5. Corinthian bagatelle n. any of several variations of bagatelle (sense A. 2). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > bagatelle and similar games > [noun] troll-madam1572 nine holes1573 pigeonholes1608 small trunksc1610 hole1611 trucks1671 roly-poly1707 Mississippi1728 bumble-puppy1794 bubble the justice1801 bagatelle1819 cockamaroo1850 pigs in clover1889 pinball1911 pinball game1911 Skee-Ball1923 Corinthian bagatelle1933 pachinko1949 1933 Punch 27 Dec. 715/2 The rules of the House must be revised so as to permit the introduction of..such palliatives as Corinthian bagatelle. 1936 J. Cary Afr. Witch xxxi. 404 Another table..supported a Corinthian bagatelle board, complete with balls and cue. 1939 G. Greene Confidential Agent iv. i. 273 Boards for Corinthian bagatelle. B. n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Corinth. ΚΠ 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Cor. vi. 11 O ye Corinthyans! [ Wyclif A ȝe Corynthis, 1388 Corynthies] oure mouth is open vnto you. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. 253 The Corinthians seem to have had some reason for expecting an attack. 2. (From the proverbial wealth, luxury, and licentiousness of ancient Corinth): †a. A wealthy man; a profligate idler; a gay, licentious man; also, a shameless or ‘brazen-faced’ fellow (cf. A. 1c). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [noun] > person > male franion1571 Corinthian1575 colt1584 libertine1584 tit1601 night-sneaker1611 highboy1667 man of the town1671 town bull1709 gay deceiver1710 Lothario1756 playboy1829 gay dog1847 girlie-man1897 lizard1935 player1968 mack daddy1991 the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > impudent person bolda1400 capron hardya1477 malaperta1529 jackanapes1534 past-shame1553 saucea1556 saucy-face1566 outfacer1579 impudent1586 Jack sauce?1590 brazen-face1602 impertinence1611 impertinent1612 insolency1613 insolenta1616 brass-face1647 flapsea1652 impudence1671 bold-face1692 ironface1697 Corinthian1699 scandal-proof1699 saucy-box1702 busker1728 insolence1740 effronterist1776 pert1785 nash-gab1816 card1853 pawk1855 sass-box1856 a one1880 cockapert1881 1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 162 If there were any man in any part of Asia very welthy and rich, he was called by a common phrase a Corinthian. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 12 I am..a Corinthian, a lad of metall, a good boy. View more context for this quotation 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Corinthian, a very impudent, harden'd, brazen-fac'd Fellow. 1706 J. Potter Archæologia Græca (ed. 2) II. iv. xii. 309 To act the Corinthian, is.., to commit fornication, according to Hesychius. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Corinthians, frequenters of brothels; also an impudent brazen faced fellow. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. iii. 68 Who is this gallant, honest Mike?—is he a Corinthian—a cutter like thyself? 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. viii. xxviii. 558 A reference to the immorality of the city may still be heard in the use of the word ‘Corinthians’ for profligate idlers. b. A ‘swell’; a man of fashion about town.‘In the third decade of the present century the word, both as a substantive and an adjective, was at the height of its popularity’ (Latham). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > member of > male gallant1388 wamfler15.. rutter1506 younkera1522 fine gentleman1575 cavalier1589 whisker1595 jinglespur1604 bravery1616 brisk1621 chevalier1630 man about town1647 man of mode1676 man of distinction1699 sprag1707 sparky1756 blood1763 swell1786 Corinthian1819 galliard1828 mondain1833 toff1851 flâneur1854 Johnny1883 silver-tail1898 knut1911 lounge lizard1918 old buster1919 Hooray Henry1959 1819 T. Moore Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress 9 'Twas diverting to see, as one ogled around, How Corinthians and Commoners mixed on the ground. 1821 New Monthly Mag. 2 242 This more elegant appellation [Corinthian] has superseded its predecessor Dandy, once so popular in every rank. 1825 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor (ed. 2) II. ix. 82 The brothers were what, in modern times, we should call Dandies, or Corinthians. 1854 W. M. Thackeray J. Leech's Pictures in Q. Rev. Dec. (Farmer) Corinthian, it appears, was the phrase applied to men of fashion and ton..they were the brilliant predecessors of the ‘swell’ of the present period. Thesaurus » Categories » c. A wealthy amateur of sport who rides his own horses, steers his own yacht, etc.; esp. in U.S. an amateur yachtsman. Derivatives Coˈrinthianism n. ΚΠ 1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 13 279 In England their profession was Corinthianism, when that sect was in its glory; but now..real pleasures are too low for their refined appetites. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1526
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