Timonian
Of or relating to Skeptic philosopher Timon of Phlius, his life, works, style, or ideas.
Adjective
- Of or relating to Skeptic philosopher Timon of Phlius, his life, works, style, or ideas.
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From Timon + -an, after a 3rd-century-BCE disciple of Pyrrho, Skeptic philosopher and satirist Timon of Phlius (c. 320 – c. 230 BC).
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- 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. - 1983, M. R. Stopper, in Phronesis
- Aristocles is not citing Timon—and how near he keeps to any Timonian text we cannot judge. - 2001, Jonathan Barnes, in Mind
Origin
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).
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Adjective Entry 3
- Of or relating to the French Catholic Sacred Heart congregation founded by Joseph-Marie Timon-David.
Origin
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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- A member of the French Catholic Sacred Heart congregation founded by Joseph-Marie Timon-David.