Timonize vs Timonian - What's the difference?
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To behave as a misanthrope.
* 1713 , , The Gentleman Instructed , 5th edition:See OED.
To cause (someone) to slide into bitter misanthropy, into Timonism.
* 1852 , , Harper & Brothers,
* 1983 , Michael L. Ross, "
English eponyms
Of a form of bitter misanthropy relating to Timonism, like (Timon of Athens).
* 1983 , M. R. Stopper, in Phronesis'':M. R. Stopper, "Schizzi Pirroniani [review of ''Lo scetticismo antico'' by Gabriele Giannantoni]" (
* 2001 , (Jonathan Barnes), in (ISSN 0026-4423, e-ISSN 1460-2113), Vol. 110, Nr. 440, p. 1043-1046, [http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Aristocles+is+not+citing+Timon%E2%80%94and+how+near+he+keeps+to+any+Timonian+text+we+cannot+judge%22 at Google Scholar.
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, passage = Kinbote, Charles, Dr., [...]; his modesty, 34; his having no library in his Timonian cave, 39; his belief in his having inspired S, 42;
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* {{quote-book
, year = 2002
, first = Lawrence I.
, last = Berkove
, title = A Prescription for Adversity: The Moral Art of Ambrose Bierce
, publisher = Ohio State University Press
, isbn = 978-0814208946
, ol = 11352634M
, section = Introduction
, page = xiv
, pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=3AtoLPo4QXkC&pg=PR14
, passage = Like Swift, whom he admired and imitated and with whom he had much in common, Bierce was a man who hated boldly and well and yet was not a Timonian misanthrope.
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Of or relating to Skeptic philosopher (Timon of Phlius), his life, works, style, or ideas.
Of or relating to the French Catholic Sacred Heart congregation founded by Joseph-Marie Timon-David.
A member of the French Catholic Sacred Heart congregation founded by Joseph-Marie Timon-David.
English eponyms
Timonize is a related term of timonian.
As a verb timonize
is to behave as a misanthrope.As an adjective timonian is
of a form of bitter misanthropy relating to timonism, like (timon of athens) or timonian can be of or relating to skeptic philosopher (timon of phlius), his life, works, style, or ideas or timonian can be of or relating to the french catholic sacred heart congregation founded by joseph-marie timon-david.As a noun timonian is
a member of the french catholic sacred heart congregation founded by joseph-marie timon-david.timonize
English
Alternative forms
* TimoniseVerb
(Timoniz)- I should be tempted to Timonize , and clap a Satyr upon our whole Species.
page 348:
- And it may well be believed, that after the wonderful vital world-revelation so suddenly made to Pierre at the Meadows—a revelation which, at moments, in some certain things, fairly Timonized him—he had not failed to clutch with peculiar nervous detestation and contempt that ample parcel, containing the letters of his Biographico and other silly correspondents, which, in a less ferocious hour, he had filed away as curiosities.
Lawrence's letters", in Russell: the Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies , volume 3, number 1 (Summer 1983), page 58:
- Lawrence's progressive alienation from his countrymen and finally from humanity – as it were, the "Timonizing " process that overcame him – went hand in hand with his estrangement from Russell.
Derived terms
* Timonization * TimonizingReferences
* OED, "Timon [feat. Timonian, Timonism, Timonist, Timonize]" in the(reproduced in a post)* SEG, "Timonize" 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=timonize p. 656 at Google Books) * Notes:
timonian
English
Adjective
(en adjective)JSTOR 4182180]), Critical Notice in ''Phronesis, Vol. 28, No. 3 (1983), p. 265-297, endnote 36, [http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22The+second+Timonian+passage+is+usually+taken+to+come+from+his+prose+work%2C+Python%22 at Google Scholar.
- [About Timon's account of Pyrrho's views.] The second Timonian passage is usually taken to come from his prose work, ''Python''.
- Aristocles is not citing Timon—and how near he keeps to any Timonian text we cannot judge.
Quotations
* {{quote-book , by = (Plutarch) , title = (Parallel Lives) , first = John , last = Langhorne , authorlink = John Langhorne (poet) , coauthors = Langhorne, William , publisher = E. and C. Dilly , year = 1770 , page = 457 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=HCIJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA457 , passage = None of these things, however, disturbed him; for, at once abandoning his hopes and his cares, he left his Timonian retreat, and returned to Alexandria; }} * {{quote-news , date = 1939-06-13 , newspaper = (The New York Times) , title = Dr. Ezra Pound , url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00F1FF93F54107A93C1A8178DD85F4D8385F9 , page = 22 , passage = Yesterday Hamilton College doctored Ezra Loomis Pound, the Idaho lad who was graduated from it in 1905. In his habitual Timonian mood he has, time and time again, taken the hide off American professors. }} * {{quote-book , year = 1962 , first = Vladimir , last = Nabokov , authorlink = Vladimir Nabokov , title = (Pale Fire): A Novel , location = New York , publisher = G. P. Putnam's Sons , section = Index (written by the author, part of the narrative) (Repr. Vintage Books, 1989, ISBN 0-679-72342-0.) , page = 308 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=EgQ4AAAAIAAJ&q=%22his+having+no+library+in+his+Timonian+cave%22Synonyms
* Timonean * TimonistEtymology 2
, from a 3rd-century BC disciple of Pyrrho, Skeptic philosopher and satirist (Timon of Phlius) (c. 320 – c. 230 BC).Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* Timonean (less common)Etymology 3
From the name of French priest Joseph-Marie Timon-David (1823-1891) and the Sacred Heart congregation he founded in 1864.Adjective
(en adjective)Noun
(en noun)References
* OED, "Timon [feat. Timonian, Timonism, Timonist, Timonize]" in the(reproduced in a post)* WPFR, "" in Wikipedia in French * WPFR, "" in Wikipedia in French * Notes: