Parnassian

adjective

Par·​nas·​si·​an pär-ˈna-sē-ən 

1

[Latin parnassius of Parnassus, from Greek parnasios, from Parnasos Parnassus, mountain in Greece sacred to Apollo and the Muses] : of or relating to poetry

2

[French parnassien, from Parnasse Parnassus; from Le Parnasse contemporain (1866), an anthology of poetry] : of or relating to a school of French poets of the second half of the 19th century emphasizing metrical form rather than emotion

Parnassian noun

Word History

First Known Use

1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1