a. 1. Of or relating to Corinth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) Of or pertaining to the Corinthian order of architecture, invented by the Greeks, but more commonly used by the Romans. [ 1913 Webster ]

This is the lightest and most ornamental of the three orders used by the Greeks. Parker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Debauched in character or practice; impure. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Of or pertaining to an amateur sailor or yachtsman; as, a corinthian race (one in which the contesting yachts must be manned by amateurs.) [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Corinth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A gay, licentious person. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A man of fashion given to pleasuring or sport; a fashionable man about town; esp., a man of means who drives his own horse, sails his own yacht, or the like. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]