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adjective
- 1. wild; frenzied: "rock and roll's corybantic gyrations"
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The meaning of CORYBANTIC is being in the spirit or manner of a Corybant; especially : wild, frenzied. How to use corybantic in a sentence. Did you know?
CORYBANTIC definition: 1. wild and uncontrolled; used especially to describe music and dancing: 2. wild and uncontrolled…. Learn more.
Corybantic definition: frenzied; agitated; unrestrained.. See examples of CORYBANTIC used in a sentence.
CORYBANTIC definition: frenzied ; agitated ; unrestrained | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples
n. pl. Cor·y·bants or Cor·y·ban·tes (-băn′tēz′) Greek Mythology. A priest of the Phrygian goddess Cybele whose rites were celebrated with music and ecstatic dances. Cor′y·ban′tic adj. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
CORYBANTIC definition: frenzied ; agitated ; unrestrained | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples in American English
Mar 14, 2019 · corybantic (comparative more corybantic, superlative most corybantic) frenetic, ecstatic and orgiastic; of or pertaining to a Corybant
frenzied; agitated; unrestrained. ( cap.) Also, Cor•y•ban•tian (kôr′ə ban′ shən, kor′-), Cor•y•ban•tine (kôr′ə ban′ tin, -tīn, kor′-). of or pertaining to a Corybant. Corybant + - ic 1635–45. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024.
The earliest known use of the adjective Corybantic is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for Corybantic is from 1642, in the writing of Ralph Cudworth, philosopher and theologian. Corybantic is formed within English, by derivation.
Corybantes, sons of Apollo and the Muse Thalia, mythical attendants of the ancient Oriental and Greco-Roman deity the Great Mother of the Gods. They were often identified or confused with the Cretan Curetes (who protected the infant Zeus from detection by his father, Cronus) and were distinguished.
