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Definition of Corinthian adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Corinthian

adjective
 
/kəˈrɪnθiən/
 
/kəˈrɪnθiən/
[usually before noun] (architecture)
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  1. used to describe a style of architecture in ancient Greece that has thin columns with decorations of leaves at the top
    • Corinthian columns/capitals
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCorinthian is used with these nouns:
    • column
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    Word Originvia Latin from Greek Korinthios, from Korinthos ‘Corinth’.
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