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Parnassus1 definition

Par·nas·sus (pär nas′əs)

noun

  1. poetry or poets collectively
  2. any center of poetic or artistic activity

Etymology: after Mount Parnassus

Parnassus2 definition

Par·nas·sus (pär nas′əs)

mountain in central Greece, near the Gulf of Corinth: 8,061 ft (2,457 m): sacred to Apollo and the Muses in ancient times

Etymology: L < Gr Parnasos

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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