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parnassian¹
noun parnassians
- A papilionid butterfly of the holarctic alpine genus Parnassius or the subfamily Parnassiinae; an apollo butterfly.
adjective
- Of, relating to, or designating papilionid butterflies of the genus Parnassius or the subfamily Parnassiinae, consisting of the apollo butterflies.
Parnassian²
Where it comes from
From Parnassus, from Latin Parnassus, from Ancient Greek Παρνασσός (Parnassós).
adjective more Parnassian · most Parnassian
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Of or relating to Parnassus, as the source of literary (especially poetic) inspiration; (hence) of or belonging to poetry.
King Atlas called straight to minde an auncient prophesie Made by Parnassian Themys, which this sentence did implie: The time shall one day, Atlas, come in which thy golden tree Shall of hir fayre and precious fruite dispoyld and robbed bee.
Similar: poetic
- Of or relating to a style of poetry or language which can only be created by poets, but not in the language of inspiration. […] at last, — this is the point to be marked, - they can see things in this Parnassian way and describe them in this Parnassian tongue, without further effort of inspiration.
- Of or relating to the Parnassianism movement of French poetry in the years 1850 to 1900, whose adherents rejected Romanticism and instead favored classicism with its formal structure and emotional detachment. The Parnassian theory of art is mere imbecility.
noun Parnassians
- A poet.
- A French poet of the Parnassianism movement.
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