“Corinthianize”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

Corinthianize

释义

Coˈrinthianize, v.
Also Corinthize.
[After Gr. κορινθιάζ-εσθαι: see -ize.]
1. intr. To act the Corinthian: to live voluptuously and licentiously.
1810A. Clarke Bible w. Comm. Pref. 1 Cor., So notorious was this city for such conduct, that the verb κορινθιαζεσθαι, to Corinthize, signified to act the prostitute.1888U. Presbyt. Mag. Sept. 388 To Corinthianise meant to be licentious.
2. To imitate or approach the type of the Corinthian order of architecture. Hence Coˈrinthianizing ppl. a. = Corinthianesque.
1846Freeman in Proc. Archœol. Inst. 12 Rich Corinthianizing capitals.1861Neale Notes Eccles. 100 The piers circular, the caps square and Corinthianizing.

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