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A.Word.A.Day--corybantic corybantic (kor-i-BAN-tik) adjective Wild; frenzied; uncontrolled. [After Corybant, an ancient priest of Phrygian goddess Cybele, who performed wild ecstatic dances in her worship.] "The radio is nothing but a conduit through which pre-fabricated din can flow into our homes. And this din goes far deeper, of course, than the eardrums. It penetrates the mind, filling it with a babble of distractions, blasts of corybantic or sentimental music, continually repeated doses of drama that bring no catharsis, but usually create a craving for daily or even hourly emotional enemas." Aldous Huxley; On Silence; 1946. This week's theme: eponyms. X-Bonus It is often forgotten that (dictionaries) are artificial repositories, put together well after the languages they define. The roots of language are irrational and of a magical nature. -Jorge Luis Borges, writer (1899-1986)

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