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Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Corybantes or their rites; frantic; frenzied; as, a corybantic dance.

Belonging to a covenant. Specifically, belonging to the Scotch Covenanters. Be they covenanting traitors, Or the brood of false Argyle Aytoun.

To diminish the quantity of; to disquantity. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Yielding diamonds.

Adamantine. [Obs.]

Dilettanteish.

Same as Dilettanteism. F. Harrison.

Originated or taught by Diophantus, the Greek writer on algebra. Diophantine analysis (Alg.), that branch of indeterminate analysis which has for its object the discovery of rational values that satisfy given equations containing squares or cubes; as, for example, to find values of x and y which make x2 + y2 an exact s…

To diminish the quantity of; to lessen. [Obs.] Shak.

Distant. [Obs.] More distantial from the eye. W. Montagu.

A mucilage obtained from, or containing, gun tragacanth.

A species of rose (Rosa Eglanteria), with fragrant foliage and flowers of various colors.

Affected with elephantiasis; characteristic of elephantiasis.

A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide.

, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread. Elephantine epoch (Geol.), the epoch distinguished by the existence of large pachyderms. Mantell. -- Elephantine tortoise (Zoöl.), a huge land tortoise; esp., Testudo elephantina,…

Similar, but not superposable, i. e., related to each other as a right-handed to a left-handed glove; -- said of certain hemihedral crystals.

Serving to palliate; palliative. Dunglison.

An opposite passion or affection. Sir W. Hamilton.

A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and the contrary; affirmation by contraries.

Having a power of enchantment; charming; fascinating. -- En*chant"ing*ly, adv.