corybantic

[ kawr-uh-ban-tik, kor- ]

adjective

1. frenzied; agitated; unrestrained.
2. (initial capital letter) Also Cor·y·ban·tian [] Cor·y·ban·tine [] of or relating to a Corybant.

Word History and Origins

Origin of corybantic¹

First recorded in 1635–45; Corybant + -ic

Example Sentences

But the machinery—the hideously discordant human orchestra, the corybantic dancing!

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He laid the corybantic young lady in question upon the table to substantiate his statement.

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No Bacchic revels on Mount Parnassus were ever more corybantic.

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Related Words

• agitated
• angry
• delirious
• distraught
• frenetic
• frenzied
• furious
• hectic
• mad
• overwrought
• weird