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Timonian.

Of a form of bitter misanthropy relating to Timonism, like Timon of Athens.

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adj/taɪˈməʊ.ni.ən/Received-Pronunciation/taɪˈmoʊ.ni.ən/General-American
  1. Of a form of bitter misanthropy relating to Timonism, like Timon of Athens.

Where this word comes from

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).

adj/taɪˈməʊ.ni.ən/Received-Pronunciation/taɪˈmoʊ.ni.ən/General-American
  1. Of or relating to Skeptic philosopher Timon of Phlius, his life, works, style, or ideas.

Where this word comes from

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

adj/taɪˈməʊ.ni.ən/Received-Pronunciation/taɪˈmoʊ.ni.ən/General-American
  1. Of or relating to the French Catholic Sacred Heart congregation founded by Joseph-Marie Timon-David.

Where this word comes from

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

noun/taɪˈməʊ.ni.ən/Received-Pronunciation/taɪˈmoʊ.ni.ən/General-American
  1. A member of the French Catholic Sacred Heart congregation founded by Joseph-Marie Timon-David.

Where this word comes from

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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