English dictionary
parnassian
/p/A/r'n/&/s/i//@/n/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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Of or pertaining to Parnassus.
Source: webster1913
noun
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Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to the genus <i>Parnassius</i>. They inhabit the mountains, both in the Old World and in America.
Source: webster1913
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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 (<i>Parnasse contemporain</i>) of the volume in which their first poems were collected in 1866.
Source: webster1913