| Front | Parnassian \pahr-NAS-ee-uhn\ |
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| Back | adjective Of or relating to poetry. [From Latin Parnassius, of Parnassus, from Greek parnasios after Parnasos (Parnassus), a mountain in Greece sacred to Apollo and the Muses.] noun A member of a school of late 19th-century French poets whose work is characterized by detachment and emphasis on metrical form. [From French parnassien after Le Parnasse contemporain, the group's first anthology of poetry (1866), from Parnasse, Parnassus, from Latin Parnassus, from Greek Parnasos.] "Whether scaling to Parnassian heights or plunging inward to insight, the poems' impeccable musicality and craftsmanship will win the trust and admiration of many." - Fiction Reviews; Publishers Weekly (New York); Oct 15, 2007. |
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