corinthian
1. Co.rin.thi.an \k*-'rin(t)-the--*n\ n 1: a native or resident of Corinth, Greece 2a: a gay profligate man 2b: a fashionable man-about-town; esp : SPORTSMAN 2c: an amateur yachtsman 2. Corinthian aj 1: of, relating to, or characteristic of Corinth or Corinthians 2: of or relating to the lightest and most ornate of the three Greek order s of architecture characterized esp. by its bell-shaped capital enveloped with acanthuses