Corinthian
adjective/kəˈrɪnθiən/
/kəˈrɪnθiən/
[usually before noun] (architecture)- 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
Word Originvia Latin from Greek Korinthios, from Korinthos ‘Corinth’.Want to learn more?
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