Parnassian

Par·nas·si·an  (pär-ns-n)

adj.

Of or relating to poetry.

n.

A member of a school of late 19th-century French poets whose work is characterized by detachment and emphasis on metrical form.

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[From Latin Parnassius, of Parnassus, from Greek parnsios, after Parnsos (Parnassus), a mountain in Greece sacred to Apollo and the Muses. N., from French parnassien, after Le Parnasse contemporain, the group's first anthology of poetry (1866), from Parnasse, Parnassus, from Latin Parnassus, from Greek Parnsos.]

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Par·nassi·an adj.

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Parnassian¹

adj

(Placename) (Literature / Poetry) of or relating to Mount Parnassus or poetry

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Parnassian²

n

(Literature / Poetry) one of a school of French poets of the late 19th century who wrote verse that emphasized metrical form and restricted emotion

adj

(Literature / Poetry) of or relating to the Parnassians or their poetry

[from French parnassien, from Parnasse Parnassus; from Le Parnasse contemporain, title of an anthology produced by these poets]

Parnassianism , Parnassism n