corybantic

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It was as though the old Cornish giants had come back to life for a corybantic dance with the demirips of their race--dancing to the music of the sea sucking and gurgling into the caves at the base of the cliffs.

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  1. Madly agitated; inflamed like the corybants.
  2. Affected with or exhibiting corybantism.

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  • Walden is four years (1964 - 68) seen through the corybantic 16mm Bolex of Anthology Film Archives tomorrow through Wednesday. —  GreenCine Daily
  • It was as though the old Cornish giants had come back to life for a corybantic dance with the demirips of their race--dancing to the music of the sea sucking and gurgling into the caves at the base of the cliffs. —  The Moon Rock
  • Professor Huxley, in one of his clever phrases, called the Salvation Army "corybantic Christianity." —  Heretics
  • In the Albert Hall, where he made his _début_ amid scenes of corybantic enthusiasm last week, the diminutive —  Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 29, 1914
  • Still must thou live and corybantic die, —  Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854)
 

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