Parnassian
Parnassian
Definition
Par·nas·sian (pär nas′ē ən)
adjective
- of Mount Parnassus
- of the art of poetry
- 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)
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