Timonian

//taɪˈməʊ.ni.ən// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the French Catholic Sacred Heart congregation founded by Joseph-Marie Timon-David.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a form of bitter misanthropy relating to Timonism, like Timon of Athens.

    "[About Timon's account of Pyrrho's views.] The second Timonian passage is usually taken to come from his prose work, Python."

  2. 2
    Of or relating to Skeptic philosopher Timon of Phlius, his life, works, style, or ideas.
  3. 3
    Of or relating to the French Catholic Sacred Heart congregation founded by Joseph-Marie Timon-David.

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"[About Timon's account of Pyrrho's views.] The second Timonian passage is usually taken to come from his prose work, Python."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Timon + -ian, after the 5th-century-BCE person Timon of Athens (as described by Plutarch, Lucian, and Aristophanes), possibly by way of William Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens (c. 1607). Used by poet John Langhorne in his translation of Plutarch's Lives (1777).

Etymology 2

From Timon + -an, after a 3rd-century-BCE disciple of Pyrrho, Skeptic philosopher and satirist Timon of Phlius (c. 320 – c. 230 BC).

Etymology 3

From Timon + -ian, after the French priest Joseph-Marie Timon-David (1823–1891) and the Sacred Heart congregation he founded in 1864.

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