Parnassian

(pär nas′ē ən)

adjective

Origin: L Parnassius

noun

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

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

See Parnassian in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Of or relating to poetry.

noun

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

Origin:

Origin: From Latin Parnassius, of Parnassus

Origin: , from Greek parnāsios

Origin: , after Parnāsos (Parnassus), a mountain in Greece sacred to Apollo and the Muses

Origin: . N., from French parnassien

Origin: , after Le Parnasse contemporain, the group's first anthology of poetry (1866)

Origin: , from Parnasse, Parnassus

Origin: , from Latin Parnassus

Origin: , from Greek Parnāsos

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