parnassian in English
adjective
1
relating to poetry; poetic.
Frequently, right-wing guardians of an elite art protest that the study of a broader visual culture sullies the Parnassian realm through contact with the everyday.
2
of or relating to a group of French poets of the late 19th century who emphasized strictness of form, named from the anthology Le Parnasse contemporain (1866).
Fascinated by various exotic cultures, as were Parnassian poets Leconte de Lisle and Theophile Gautier, Gumilev turned to Africa, Persia, and the Far East in search of his subject matter.
noun
1
a member of the Parnassian group of French poets.
The Parnassians contributed to the cultivation of this taste for chinoiserie.
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1. His verses, winged with a powerful beat, achieved Parnassian sparkle and exuberance.
2. Ahasuerus - balladeer - balladist - Bucoliast - itinerant - major poet - minor poet - modernist - peregrine - rhymester - serenader - sonneteer - straggler - symbolist - trovatore 10 letter words folk singer - librettist - parnassian - rhapsodist - troubadour 11 letter words ballad maker - minnesinger - pastoralist - peripatetic …