CORINTHIAN

noun a gay, licentious person.

2. corinthian ·adj of or relating to corinth.

3. corinthian ·noun a native or inhabitant of corinth.

4. corinthian ·adj debauched in character or practice; impure.

5. corinthian ·adj of or pertaining to the corinthian order of architecture, invented by the greeks, but more commonly used by the romans.

6. corinthian ·adj of or pertaining to an amateur sailor or yachtsman; as, a corinthian race (one in which the contesting yachts must be manned by amateurs.).

7. corinthian ·add. ·noun 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.