Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CORYBANTIC
a.Madly agitated; inflamed like the Corybantes, the frantic priests of Cybele.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CORYBANTIC
Cor `y *ban "tic (kr `-bn "tk ), a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Corybantes or their rites; frantic; frenzied; as, a corybantic dance.
New American Oxford Dictionary
corybantic
cor y ban tic |ˌkôrəˈbantik ˌkɔrəˈbæntɪk | ▶adjective wild; frenzied. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Corybantes, Latin name of the priests of Cybele, a Phrygian goddess of nature who performed wild dances, from Greek Korubantes + -ic .
Oxford Dictionary
corybantic
corybantic |ˌkɒrɪˈbantɪk | ▶adjective wild; frenzied. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Corybantes, Latin name of the priests of Cybele, a Phrygian goddess of nature, who performed wild dances, from Greek Korubantes + -ic .
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