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parnassian
CIDE DICTIONARY
parnassian, a. [L. Parnassius.].
Of or pertaining to Parnassus. [1913 Webster]
parnassian, n. [See Parnassus.].
Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to the genus Parnassius . They inhabit the mountains, both in the Old World and in America. [1913 Webster]
parnassian, n. [F. parnassien.].
One of a school of French poets of the Second Empire (1852-70) who emphasized metrical form and made little use of emotion as poetic material; -- so called from the name (Parnasse contemporain ) of the volume in which their first poems were collected in 1866. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
parnassian, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of Parnassus, a mountain in C. Greece, in antiquity sacred to the Muses.
2 poetic.
3 of or relating to a group of French poets in the late 19th c., emphasizing strictness of form, named from the anthology Le Parnasse contemporain (1866).
--n. a member of this group.
--adj.
1 of Parnassus, a mountain in C. Greece, in antiquity sacred to the Muses.
2 poetic.
3 of or relating to a group of French poets in the late 19th c., emphasizing strictness of form, named from the anthology Le Parnasse contemporain (1866).
--n. a member of this group.
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