Korinthian

Adjective

Corinthian (comparative more Corinthian, superlative most Corinthian)

1. Of or relating to Corinth.
2. Of the Corinthian order.
   • 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.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter II, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 21
3. Elaborate, ornate.
4. Debauched in character or practice; impure.
   • all her young Corinthian laity1642 April, An Apology against a Pamphlet Call’d A Modest Confutation of the Animadversions upon the Remonstrant against Smectymnuus, London: […] E[dward] G[riffin] for Iohn Rothwell, […], →OCLC
5. Being a sporting event (originally in horse racing and yachting) restricted to gentleman amateurs.
   • Corinthian Stakes of 10 Guineas ... To be rode by Gentlemen.1825 June 16, “Curragh June Meeting, 1825”, in Dublin Evening Post, Dublin, page 4

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