Definition of Coryphees

1. Noun. (plural of coryphée) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coryphees

1. coryphee [n] - See also: coryphee

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coryphees

coryphaei
coryphaeus
coryphantha
coryphe
coryphee
coryphees (current term)
coryphei
coryphene
coryphenes
coryphes
corypheus
corypheuses
coryphodont
coryphodonts
coryphée
coryphées
corythosaur
corythosaurus
coryza
coryzae
coryzal
coryzas
coryzæ
cos
cos lettuce
cos site
cosalite
coscinomancy
coscoroba
coscreenwriter

Literary usage of Coryphees

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Anglo-Russian Literary Society (1897)
"Three prefaces to the Sbornik were written by three coryphees of Russian ... and as there are considerably more of them than of coryphees and novices, ..."

2. Outdoor Sketching: Four Talks Given Before the Art Institute of Chicago by Francis Hopkinson Smith (1915)
"... of some coryphees painted by Degas, now an old man over eighty years old—a subject which he always loved and, indeed, which he has painted many times. ..."

3. How Paris Amuses Itself by Frank Berkeley Smith (1903)
"Down a narrow winding stairway leading from the dressing-rooms above, poured a stream of other coryphees, principals, ballet girls and figurantes, ..."

4. The Pamirs: Being a Narrative of a Year's Expedition on Horseback and on by Charles Adolphus Murray Dunmore (1893)
"Increase of speed on the part of the coryphees, who actually snap their fingers as if dancing a reel. Sudden stoppage on the part of the music, ..."

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