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Definitions of parnassian

The word parnassian uses 10 letters: a, a, a, i, n, n, p, r, s, s

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Meanings of parnassian

n. - 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 (Parnasse contemporain) of the volume in which their first poems were collected in 1866.

a. - Of or pertaining to Parnassus.

n. - Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to the genus Parnassius. They inhabit the mountains, both in the Old World and in America.

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