"Parnassian" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more Parnassian [comparative], most Parnassian [superlative]
Etymology: From Parnassus, from Latin Parnassus, from Ancient Greek Παρνασσός (Parnassós). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|Parnassus}} Latin Parnassus, {{der|en|grc|Παρνασσός}} Ancient Greek Παρνασσός (Parnassós) Head templates: {{en-adj}} Parnassian (comparative more Parnassian, superlative most Parnassian)
  1. Of or relating to Parnassus, as the source of literary (especially poetic) inspiration; (hence) of or belonging to poetry. Synonyms: poetic
    Sense id: en-Parnassian-en-adj-MgmTYFRG
  2. (poetry, from Gerard Manley Hopkins' writings) Describing a style of poetry or language which can only be created by poets, but not in the language of inspiration. Categories (topical): Poetry Categories (lifeform): Swallowtails
    Sense id: en-Parnassian-en-adj-FOg12wf7 Disambiguation of Swallowtails: 2 29 21 22 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 28 23 21 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 21 24 24 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 24 22 25 26 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
  3. (literature, historical) Of or relating to the Parnassianism movement of French poetry in the years 1850 to 1900, whose adherents rejected Romanticism and instead favored classicism with its formal structure and emotional detachment. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Literature Categories (lifeform): Swallowtails
    Sense id: en-Parnassian-en-adj-bgAavkqC Disambiguation of Swallowtails: 2 29 21 22 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 28 23 21 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 21 24 24 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 24 22 25 26 Topics: literature, media, publishing

Noun

Forms: Parnassians [plural]
Etymology: From Parnassus, from Latin Parnassus, from Ancient Greek Παρνασσός (Parnassós). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|Parnassus}} Latin Parnassus, {{der|en|grc|Παρνασσός}} Ancient Greek Παρνασσός (Parnassós) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Parnassian (plural Parnassians)
  1. (rare) A poet. Tags: rare Categories (lifeform): Swallowtails
    Sense id: en-Parnassian-en-noun-7cx-Blgl Disambiguation of Swallowtails: 2 29 21 22 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 28 23 21 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 21 24 24 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 24 22 25 26
  2. A French poet of the Parnassianism movement. Categories (lifeform): Swallowtails
    Sense id: en-Parnassian-en-noun-0L~nejKE Disambiguation of Swallowtails: 2 29 21 22 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 28 23 21 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 21 24 24 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 24 22 25 26

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.