Corybantian

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of corybantic.

    "Some day I hope to hear the Corybantian dances and perhaps the Ceresian music of Eleusia."

Example

More examples

""Thence Corybantian cymbals clashed and brayed / in praise of Cybele. In Ida's wood / her mystic rites in secrecy were paid, / and lions, yoked in pomp, their sovereign's car conveyed.""

Etymology

From Corybant + -ian.

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