Definitions for coryphees

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coryphees cor·y·phée

Spelling: [kawr-uh-fey, kor-; French kaw-ree- Coryphees is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 431 anagrams from letters in coryphees (ceehoprsy).

Definitions for coryphees

noun

1. a member of a ballet company who dances usually as part of a small group and who ranks below the soloists.

Origin of coryphees

1820-30; French Latin coryphaeus coryphaeus

Examples for coryphees

A coryphee is testing her pretty little toes in Sir Hubert's skiff.

That girl might be anything—Queen of Spain, or coryphee in the opera ballet.

She is now, I am told, a coryphee in one of the public dancing halls.