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Timonean is a synonym of timonist.


As adjectives the difference between timonean and timonist

is that timonean is of a form of bitter misanthropy related to timonism, like (timon of athens) or timonean can be pertaining or related to (timon of phlius), his life, works, style, or ideas while timonist is of a form of bitter misanthropy related to timonism, like (timon of athens).

As a noun timonist is

a sort of bitter misanthrope related to timonism, like (timon of athens).

timonean

English

Etymology 1

(as described by Plutarch, Lucian, Aristophanes), possibly by way of (William Shakespeare)'s play (Timon of Athens)'' (c. 1607). Used by (John Toland) in a letter (c. 1710-1722), apparently as a rare word or neologism. Used by (Thomas Amory) in ''The Life of John Buncle, Vol. II (1766), as a regular word.

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of a form of bitter misanthropy related to Timonism, like (Timon of Athens).
  • * ~1710-1722 , (John Toland), undated letter:(John Toland) (1670–1722), "To Mrs. ***", undated letter (est. 1710-1722 due to content: after his 1710 return to London and retirement, before his 1722 death); repr. in (Pierre des Maizeaux) (ed., aka "Pierre Desmaizeaux"), A Collection of Several Pieces of Mr. John Toland , 2 vols., Vol. 2, London: printed for J. Peele, 1726, p. 412 at Google Books.
    • Solitude, on the contrary, not only deprives us of both the past and the future, but always inclines the present hour to joyless melancholy, which sooner or later ends in something intractable, Timonean , (pardon the word) or perhaps more fatal.
  • * 1766 , (Thomas Amory), The Life of John Buncle, Vol. II'':(Thomas Amory) (uncredited), ''The Life of John Buncle, Esq; Containing Various Observations and Reflections, Made in Several Parts of the World, and Many Extraordinary Relations. Vol. II , London: printed for J. Johnson and B. Davenport, 1766, section VII, §8 (item 91 in the TOC, "The History of Claudius Hobart, a recluse"), p. 236 at Google Books.
    • Such was the account Mr. ''Hobart'' gave me of himself, (which made me admire him much, as he was but fifty then) and to convince me his temper had nothing Timonean or unsocial in it from his solitary life, he requested I would dine with him.
  • * 1849 , (Herman Melville), (Mardi)'':(Herman Melville), ''(Mardi): And a Voyage Thither , 1849, Vol. II, Chapter LXX "They Land at Hooloomooloo"; quoted from the 1864 reprint at Gutenberg.org.
    • And so in love with his Timonean solitude was Rozoko, that it needed many bribes and bland persuasions, to induce him to desert his mossy, hillside, misanthropic cave, for the distracting tumult of a court.
    Synonyms
    * Timonian * Timonist
    Related terms
    * Timonism * Timonize

    Etymology 2

    , from a 3rd-century BC disciple of Pyrrho, Skeptic philosopher and satirist (Timon of Phlius) (c. 320 – c. 230 BC).

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining or related to (Timon of Phlius), his life, works, style, or ideas.
  • * 2009 , Dee L. Clayman, Timon of Phlius'':Dee L. Clayman, ''Timon of Phlius: Pyrrhonism into Poetry , Walter de Gruyter, 2009, ISBN 978-3110220803, Chapter 5 "Timon's Reception in Hellenistic Literature", p. 148 at Google Books.
    • Since only a small percentage of Timon's oeuvre has survived and much of Callimachus' work is equally fragmentary there are no direct quotes or precise allusions, but it is possible to discern some features of Callimachus' work that seem remarkably Timonean .
    Synonyms
    * Timonian (more common)

    References

    Anagrams

    * English eponyms

    timonist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sort of bitter misanthrope related to Timonism, like (Timon of Athens).
  • * 1590 , , Greene's Mourning Garment :See OED.
    • Yet was he not [...] such a Timonist , but hee would familiarly conuerse with his friends.'' ''[sic]
  • * 1602 , , (Satiromastix) :
    • I did it to retyre me from the world; And turne my Muse into a Timonist.'' ''[sic]
  • * 1988 , Paul Ollswang, "Cynicism":Paul Ollswang, "Cynicism: A Series of Cartoons on a Philosophical Theme", January 1988, page at official site; repr. in The Best Comics of the Decade 1980-1990 Vol. 1 , Seattle: (Fantagraphics Books), 1990, ISBN 1-56097-035-9, p. 23.
    • ''Cynicism'' is often contrasted with ''"Timonism"'' (cf. Shakespeare's ''Timon of Athens''). Cynics saw what people could be & were angered by what they had become; Timonist s felt humans were hopelessly stupid & uncaring by nature & so saw no hope for change.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a form of bitter misanthropy related to Timonism, like (Timon of Athens).
  • * 1988 , Maurice Charney, Hamlet's fictions'':Maurice Charney, ''Hamlet's fictions , Routledge, 1988, ISBN 0415007038, p. 154 at Google Books.
    • Marston poses as the Timonist malcontent satirist ready to excoriate the world for its follies.

    Synonyms

    * Timonean * Timonian

    Related terms

    * Timonism * Timonize

    References

    * OED, "Timon [feat. Timonian, Timonism, Timonist, Timonize]" in the (reproduced in a post) * SEG, "Timonist" in Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (supplement to James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps), A supplementary English glossary , 1881 ( full text at Archive.org] or [http://books.google.com/books?id=6YkMAQAAIAAJ&q=timonist p. 656 at Google Books) * WN, "Timonist" in Wordnik * Notes: English eponyms