<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Of, relating to, or characteristic of Corinth.</li><li>Architecture. Noting or pertaining to one of the five classical orders invented in ancient Greece and similar in most respects to the Ionic but usually of slenderer proportions, characterized by a deep capital with a round bell decorated with acanthus leaves and a square abacus with concave sides.</li><li>The Corinthian capital has typically two distinct rows of acanthus leaves above which appear eight fluted sheaths, from each of which spring two scrolls helices, of which one curls beneath a corner of the abacus as half of a volute and the other curls beneath the center of the abacus.</li><li>Compare composite, Doric, Ionic, Tuscan.</li><li>Ornate, as literary style.</li><li>Luxurious or licentious.</li><li>Pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Corinth, in the 7th and early 6th centuries B.C., characterized chiefly by human, animal, and ornamental motifs, painted boldly in a black figure style on a terra-cotta ground, often arranged in tiers around the vase.</li></ul>