23 September 2017
corybantic
[kawr-uh-ban-tik, kor-]
adjective
1. frenzied; agitated; unrestrained.
2. (initial capital letter). Also, Corybantian [kawr-uh-ban-shuh n, kor-] (Show IPA), Corybantine [kawr-uh-ban-tin, -tahyn, kor-]. of or relating to a Corybant.
Origin of corybantic
1635-1645 First recorded in 1635-45; Corybant + -ic
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Examples from the Web for corybantic
Historical Examples
He laid the corybantic young lady in question upon the table to substantiate his statement.
A Safety Match
Ian Hay
But the machinery—the hideously discordant human orchestra, the corybantic dancing!
Visionaries
James Huneker
Anagram
botanic cry
abort cynic
by narcotic
cry it bacon
try coca bin
Today’s quote
Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power of hoping through everything, the knowledge that the soul survives its adventures, that great inspiration comes to the middle-aged.
– Gilbert K. Chesterton
On this day
23 September 63BC – birth of Augustus Caesar, founder of the Roman Empire and first Roman Emperor. Died 19 August 14 AD.
23 September 1122 – The Concordat of Worms, sometimes known as Pactum Calixtinum, which was an agreement between Pope Calixtinum and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V, near the City of Worms, to end the first phase of the power struggle between the Papacy and the Emperors by granting Kings the right to grant Bishops in their territories with secular authority, but not sacred authority. Bishops then swore allegiance to the King and the Pope. The Kings could also call on them for military support.
23 September 1215 – birth of Kublai Khan, of the Mongol Empire. He was the grandson of Genghis Khan. In 1271, Kublai Khan established the Yuan Empire ruling over modern-day Mongolia, China and Korea. He became the first non-Chinese Emperor to conquer all of China. Died 18 February 1294.
23 September 1913 – French aviator Roland Garros, becomes the first person to fly across the Mediterranean Sea.
23 September 1918 – Birth of Faith Bandler. Australian civil rights activist. Her father was from Vanuatu. Her mother of Scottish-Indian descent. Campaigned for the rights of indigenous Australians and South Sea Islanders. She was a leader in the 1967 referendum on aboriginal Australians. She was involved with the Aboriginal–Australian Fellowship and the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI). She was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in 1984 and Companion of the Order of Australia in 2009. Died 12 February 2015.
23 September 1949 – birth of Bruce Springsteen (a.k.a. The Boss), American rocker.