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Parnassian definition

Par·nas·sian (pär nas′ē ən)

adjective

  1. of Mount Parnassus
  2. of the art of poetry
  3. of the Parnassians

Etymology: L Parnassius

noun

a member of a school of 19th cent. French poets concerned with form primarily

Etymology: Fr parnassien, after Le Parnasse contemporain, title of their first collection (1866)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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