Associations to the word «Parnassian»
Wiktionary
PARNASSIAN, noun. (zoology) Any of numerous species of butterfly in the genus Parnassius.
PARNASSIAN, adjective. Of or relating to Parnassus, as the source of literary (especially poetic) inspiration; (hence) of or belonging to poetry, poetic.
PARNASSIAN, adjective. 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.
PARNASSIAN, adjective. 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.
PARNASSIAN, adjective. (entomology) Of, relating to, or designating papilionid butterflies of the genus Parnassius or the subfamily Parnassiinae, consisting of the apollo butterflies.
PARNASSIAN, noun. (rare) A poet.
PARNASSIAN, noun. A French poet of the Parnassianism movement.
PARNASSIAN, noun. (entomology) A papilionid butterfly of the holarctic alpine genus Parnassius or the subfamily Parnassiinae; an apollo butterfly.
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