Parnassian

Adjective

from Gerard Manley Hopkins' writings historical

Of or relating to Parnassus, as the source of literary (especially poetic) inspiration; (hence) of or belonging to poetry.

Japanese Meaning

パルナッサス（文学、特に詩のインスピレーション源とされる場所）に関する / パルナッサスに属する、またはその影響を受けた（特に詩や文学に関連して）

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Her Parnassian sensibilities shaped the quiet, precise rhythms of her poetry.

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彼女のパルナッソスに由来する感性が、彼女の詩の静かで精緻なリズムを形作った。

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Of or relating to Parnassus, as the source of literary (especially poetic) inspiration; (hence) of or belonging to poetry.

King Atlas called straight to minde an auncient prophesie Made by Parnassian Themys, which this sentence did implie: The time shall one day, Atlas, come in which thy golden tree Shall of hir fayre and precious fruite dispoyld and robbed bee.

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(poetry, 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.

[…] at last, — this is the point to be marked, - they can see things in this Parnassian way and describe them in this Parnassian tongue, without further effort of inspiration.

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(literature, historical) 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.

The Parnassian theory of art is mere imbecility.

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more Parnassian

（ comparative ）

most Parnassian

（ superlative ）

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