v. Also Corinthize. [After Gr. κορινθιάζ-εσθαι: see -IZE.]
1. intr. To act the Corinthian: to live voluptuously and licentiously.
1810. A. Clarke, Bible w. Comm. Pref. 1. Cor., So notorious was this city for such conduct, that the verb κορινθιαζεσθαι, to Corinthize, signified to act the prostitute.
1888. U. Presbyt. Mag., Sept., 388. To Corinthianise meant to be licentious.
2. To imitate or approach the type of the Corinthian order of architecture. Hence Corinthianizing ppl. a. = CORINTHIANESQUE.
1846. Freeman, in Proc. Archæol. Inst., 12. Rich Corinthianizing capitals.
1861. Neale, Notes Eccles., 100. The piers circular, the caps square and Corinthianizing.
