Parnassian - definition, transcription

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Amer.  |pɑːrˈnæsiːən|
Brit.  |pɑːˈnæsɪən|

noun

- (zoology) Any of numerous species of butterfly in the genus Parnassius.
- (rare) A poet.
- A French poet of the Parnassianism movement.
- (entomology) A papilionid butterfly of the holarctic alpine genus Parnassius or the subfamily Parnassiinae; an apollo butterfly.

adjective

- Of or relating to Parnassus, as the source of literary (especially poetic) inspiration; (hence) of or belonging to poetry, poetic.
- 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.
- 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.
- (entomology) Of, relating to, or designating papilionid butterflies of the genus Parnassius or the subfamily Parnassiinae, consisting of the apollo butterflies.
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