What's the difference between corybant and corybantic?

Corybant


Definition:

  • (n.) One of the priests of Cybele in Phrygia. The rites of the Corybants were accompanied by wild music, dancing, etc.

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Corybantic


Definition:

  • (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Corybantes or their rites; frantic; frenzied; as, a corybantic dance.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But for the most part the book is a kind of corybantic frieze of all-too-human mankind, its characters parading unforgettably past us, insinuating themselves permanently into our imaginations, populating our mental landscapes.

Words possibly related to "corybant"

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