Look up: parnassian

1. Parnassian
   Term coined by G.M.Hopkins to describe competent but uninspired poetry.
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2. Parnassian
   Par·nas'sian adjective [ Latin Parnassius .] Of or pertaining to Parnassus.
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3. Parnassian
   Par·nas'sian noun [ See Parnassus .] (Zoology) Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to the genus Parnassius . They inhabit the mountains, both in the Old World and in America.
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4. Parnassian
   Par·nas'sian noun [ French parnassien .] One of a school of French poets of the Second Empire (1852-70) who emphasized metrical form and made the little use of emotion as poetic material; -- so called from the name ( Parnasse contemporain ) o...
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5. parnassian
   <zoology> Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to the genus Parnassius. They inhabit the mountains, both in the Old World and in America. ... See: Parnassus. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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6. Parnassian
   • (n.) One of a school of French poets of the Second Empire (1852-70) who emphasized metrical form and made the little use of emotion as poetic material; -- so called from the name (Parnasse contemporain) of the volume in which their first poems were collected in 1866. • (n.) Any one of nu...
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7. Parnassian
   member of a group—headed by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle—of 19th-century French poets who stressed restraint, objectivity, technical ... [5 related articles]
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