(a.) Of or pertaining to the Corinthian order of architecture, invented by the Greeks, but more commonly used by the Romans.
(a.) Debauched in character or practice; impure.
(a.) Of or pertaining to an amateur sailor or yachtsman; as, a corinthian race (one in which the contesting yachts must be manned by amateurs.)
(n.) A native or inhabitant of Corinth.
(n.) A gay, licentious person.
Example Sentences:
(1) He is likely to become Villas-Boas' second major acquisition of the summer following the signing of Brazil international midfielder Paulinho from Corinthians.
(2) MK Dons v Chelsea: match preview Read more The club annouced Pato’s arrival on an initial six-month loan move from Corinthians on Friday night after he attended a work permit hearing in London.
(3) He represented Colombia at the 1994 World Cup and captained Corinthians to their first World Club Cup title in 2000.
(4) A former defender who packed in a fairly undistinguished playing career to become a fitness coach, Menezes's stints in charge of Gremio and Corinthians were his most high profile management gigs prior to getting the Brazil job.
(5) In the end the Chelsea players who had hoped to conquer the world were left slumped on the turf as the Brazilian drums pounded and the raucous hordes of Corinthians supporters bellowed their celebration into the night sky.
(6) A block north of the waterfront on Merchant Road, workmen up ladders are carefully painting corinthian capitals with yellow limewash and adjusting teak window frames, putting the finishing touches to a restoration project that offers a different model for saving heritage structures, while training local builders in the process.
(7) In 2001, Carson and his wife, Lacena “Candy” Carson, placed a substantial share of that wealth in real estate, buying a 48-acre property outside of Baltimore in rural Maryland, that boasted Georgian décor, interior corinthian columns with gold-leaf capitals, a palace staircase, eight bedrooms and 12 bathrooms.
(8) Arch Bullard, then an assistant district attorney, confirmed to the Daily Corinthian, the local newspaper, in March 2001 that the plea deal meant that the record would show that Gillis “was part of the conspiracy but not the person who actually committed the murder”.
(9) With its stripped-back stone slab, here hovering above a line of Corinthian columns, it speaks volumes about this moment in time, its architecture used to embody rapid modernisation, nostalgia for historical greatness and the imagined national unity of yore.
(10) He was unambiguously a supporter of São Paulo team Corinthians, often commenting on its performances.
(11) He added that according to Fifa's files the transfer of Tevez and Mascherano from Brazilian side Corinthians to West Ham had complied with international transfer regulations.
(12) There are also the three mentions of Bolivian club The Strongest ; in Samuel 11:16, Chronicles 5:2, and Daniel 3:20, while Brazilian outfit Corinthians even share their name with two books in the Bible.
(13) São Paulo's Itaquerão stadium is locked in a dispute with the government over funding and disagreements exist between Odebrecht and the Corinthians club.
(14) He gestures as if to say: “If that happens, well ... let’s see when we get there.” Mascherano has come a long way since his move from Corinthians to West Ham United ended up playing an inadvertent part in the reshuffling of third-party ownership and a Premiership investigation into how transfers are structured.
(15) One of the club's most famous matches was the ' Corinthians Invasion ' of the Maracanã in 1976.
(16) Across Stanley Park, Liverpool are believed to have wrapped up an £11m deal for Corinthians’ Brazilian striker Alexandre “The Duck” Pato .
(17) 100: Paulinho, Corinthians, Brazil; age 24, midfielder On paper he is a defensive midfielder, just like Ramires, with whom he forms the holding partnership for Brazil's national team.
(18) Paulo Padilha also writes in: "Corinthians fans made an impression last year when somewhere between 20,000 and 30,000 of them made the trip to Japan for the Club World Cup.
(19) There is the incredible tale she tells of Bert Trautmann acting as official interpreter for the Manchester Corinthians team who, representing England, won a tournament held in Germany in 1957.
(20) For Mike Hussey, director of Land Securities' London , who was managing the development at the time, that meant an architect working in traditional or classical styles, such as Quinlan Terry, one of the princes' favourite architects, who specialises in building grand houses in historical modes: Ionic, Gothick, Corinthian, Regency, but definitely not "ultra-modern" as Nouvel proposed.
Debauched
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Debauch
(a.) Dissolute; dissipated.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is debauched ethos of mateship and factional solidarity linked to fundraising on both sides,” he said.
(2) Carbamazepine absorption appeared to be delayed in alcoholics, both after debauche and withdrawal, but its bioavailability did not seem to be reduced.
(3) Kenneth introduced them both to Swinging London and he enjoyed the frisson of arriving at debauched parties with two 21-year-old men, one of them fey and elegant, and the other raffish and working-class."
(4) It’s not as debauched as you’d think: it’s normally eight to 10 women and often three generations come along.
(5) The controversial figure whose memoir formed the basis of Leonardo DiCaprio's unhinged stockbroker in Martin Scorsese's Oscar-nominated black comedy The Wolf of Wall Street has revealed his debauched life of sex and drugs was "even worse" than shown in the film.
(6) The influence of ethanol on the single-dose kinetics of carbamazepine (400 mg syrup) was assessed in 7 alcoholics after a debauche (mean daily consumption 240 g ethanol) and after 9 days of controlled abstinence, and in 8 healthy volunteers after intake of the drug with and without a single dose of ethanol (25 g).
(7) A triglyceride tolerance test is the only way to detect those patients in whom a future attack of pancreatitis may be precipitated by a diet rich in fat, or endogenous over production of triglycerides as after an alcoholic debauch.
(8) "Not because you want to, of course you don't, but because, in the end, you are a jobbing actor who gets paid to follow the script, no matter how debauched.
(9) Assuming platelets to be an adequate model for CNS synaptosomes, concentration and fatty acid composition of anionic phospholipids, phosphatidylserine (PS) and phosphatidylositol (PI) in the platelet membrane from alcoholics after a debauche period were examined and compared to controls.
(10) It was prompted by the continuous links that are being made between attitudes prevalent during that debauched and de-bunked era and our own wonderful Smiths.
(11) The whole thing really seemed like not-terribly-debauched public schoolboys’ idea of debauchery.” The broadcaster Julia Hartley-Brewer went to Piers Gaveston parties in 1989-91.
(12) After yesterday's publication of Sir Thomas Legg's full report – and the decision due today on whether there will be prosecutions – it is now plain that there will be no closure in the grim narrative of the debauching of standards in public life, at least not until the general election gives voters the chance to challenge sitting MPs with dodgy expenses claims.
(13) I want my readers to know what’s going wrong with our society and our times,” said Murong Xuecun, an outspoken novelist whose racy books about debauched officials and corruption can no longer published in mainland China.
(14) In Galway, I went out busking on the streets, singing the filthiest, most debauched lyrics I could think of to see if anyone would understand.
(15) The debauching of the weather forecast is a metaphor for a loss of shared common sense.
(16) I felt the key was to use stretched vowels and to find an equivalent echo between "tout" and "tournaient": "They were reeling round: all reeled round and about them …" Historical details took hours of research: for a debauched night, Emma sports a "lampion" on one ear: not the unlikely "paper lantern" (Wall), nor a "cocked hat" ( Eleanor Marx Aveling , Russell and Davis), but a suitably Gypsy-like "lantern earring" – fashionable at the time.
(17) In 9 of the cases the syndrome was cuased by chronic alcoholic debauch and migraine.
(18) The authors suggested that a triglyceride tolerance test is the only way to detect those patients in whom future attacks of pancreatitis may be precipitated by a diet rich in fat or an alcoholic debauch.
(19) It is debauched ethos of mateship and factional solidarity linked to fundraising on both sides.
(20) Haunted bathrooms, the echoing memories of debauched parties, a topiary animal garden that seems to come to life, wasps' nests that feature a never-ending stream of hostile insects.