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   corybantic

   /ˌkɒrɪˈbantɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. wild; frenzied: "rock and roll's corybantic gyrations"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Corybantes, Latin name of the priests of Cybele, a Phrygian goddess of nature, who performed wild dances, from Greek Korubantes + -ic.

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