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Corybant

[ kawr-uh-bant, kor- ]

noun

plural Corybantes Corybants.
  1. Classical Mythology. any of the spirits or secondary divinities attending Cybele with wild music and dancing.
  2. an ancient Phrygian priest of Cybele.


Corybant

/ ˈ°ìÉ’°ùɪˌ²úæ²Ô³Ù /

noun

  1. classical myth a wild attendant of the goddess Cybele
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ°ä´Ç°ù²âˈ²ú²¹²Ô³Ù¾±²¹²Ô, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of Corybant1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin Corybant- (stem of °ä´Ç°ù²â²úÄå²õ ) < Greek Korybant- (stem of °­´Ç°ùý²úÄå²õ )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of Corybant1

C14: from Latin °ä´Ç°ù²â²úÄå²õ, from Greek Korubas, probably of Phrygian origin
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This bulletin to tell thee, O my raging corybant, that thy cause hath ceased to prosper for the past three days.

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Corybant, kor′i-bant, n. a priest of Cybele, whose rites were accompanied with noisy music and wild dances:—Eng. pl.

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The gold figure of a Cybele in a gold chariot raced with eight reproductions of herself in an octagonal mirror-lined foyer, and a steady stream of Corybantes bought admission tickets at twenty-five cents a Corybant.

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Indeed, to my way of thinking, the man on the Stock Exchange and the demagogue on the stump, for instance, are brothers to the blatant corybant.â€

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That's not sane, you know—it's the intoxication of the Corybant!

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