corinthianize means to be licentious, or sexually immoral. It carries an Arena rating of 1240, earned across 58 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, corinthianize ranks #365 of 17,132 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound, #1,193 of 17,105 for Most Storied Words, #1,977 of 17,151 for The Improbable, #3,259 of 17,126 for Most Satisfying to Say.
Why “corinthianize” is a great word
CORINTHIANIZE — [Verb] To inhabit a life of ornate licentiousness and sanctioned sensual corruption. From Corinthian (pertaining to Corinth, a city in ancient Greece notorious for its licentiousness) + the English verbal suffix -ize. Unlike “fornicate,” which denotes a specific act, or “debauch,” which sprawls toward gluttony, to corinthianize is to enact a classical archetype of transactional decadence. It is the guttering oil lamp in a port-side tavern, the deliberate clatter of dice among spilled wine, the whispered bargain that turns a sacred rite into a transactional hour—a conscious surrender where the only true currency is a gradual, glittering decay of the spirit.
Etymology
From Corinthian + -ize.
verb
- To be licentious, or sexually immoral.
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