- skip - Brewer’s

Corinʹthian (A)

.

A licentious libertine. The immorality of Corinth was proverbial both in Greece and Rome. To Corinʹthianise is to indulge in licentious conduct. A gentleman sportsman who rides his own horses on the turf, or sails his own yacht.

A Corinthian. A member of the pugilistic club, Bond Street, London.

 

previous entry · index · next entry

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

previous entry · index · next entry

Cordon Rouge (Un) (French)
Corduroy
Cordwainer
Corea (The)
Corflambo
Corineus
Corinnus
Corinth
Corinth
Corinth’s Pedagogue
Corinthian (A)
Corinthian Brass
Corinthian Order
Corinthian Tom
Corinthian War (The)
Corked
Corker or Calker
Corking-pins
Cormoran
Corn … Horn
Corn in Egypt (There’s)

Linking here:

Orders of Architecture