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Corybant
[ kawr-uh-bant, kor- ]
noun
- Classical Mythology. any of the spirits or secondary divinities attending Cybele with wild music and dancing.
- an ancient Phrygian priest of Cybele.
Corybant
/ ˈ°ìÉ’°ùɪˌ²úæ²Ô³Ù /
noun
- classical myth a wild attendant of the goddess Cybele
Derived Forms
- ËŒ°ä´Ç°ù²âˈ²ú²¹²Ô³Ù¾±²¹²Ô, adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of Corybant1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of Corybant1
Example Sentences
This bulletin to tell thee, O my raging corybant, that thy cause hath ceased to prosper for the past three days.
Corybant, kor′i-bant, n. a priest of Cybele, whose rites were accompanied with noisy music and wild dances:—Eng. pl.
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.
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€
That's not sane, you know—it's the intoxication of the Corybant!
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