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English Dictionary: Corinthian by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
corinthian
adj
  1. or pertaining to the Corinthian style of architecture
  2. of or relating to or characteristic of Corinth or its inhabitants
n
  1. a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure [syn: playboy, man-about-town, Corinthian]
  2. a resident of Corinth
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Corinthian \Co*rin"thi*an\, n.
      A man of fashion given to pleasuring or sport; a fashionable
      man about town; esp., a man of means who drives his own
      horse, sails his own yacht, or the like.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Corinthian \Co*rin"thi*an\ (-an), a.
      1. Of or relating to Corinth.
  
      2. (Arch.) Of or pertaining to the Corinthian order of
            architecture, invented by the Greeks, but more commonly
            used by the Romans.
  
                     This is the lightest and most ornamental of the
                     three orders used by the Greeks.         --Parker.
  
      3. Debauched in character or practice; impure. --Milton.
  
      4. Of or pertaining to an amateur sailor or yachtsman; as, a
            corinthian race (one in which the contesting yachts must
            be manned by amateurs.)

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Corinthian \Co*rin"thi*an\, n.
      1. A native or inhabitant of Corinth.
  
      2. A gay, licentious person. [Obs.]
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