Parnassian
Parnassian , adjective
[Latin Parnassius.]
Of or pertaining to Parnassus.
Parnassian , noun
[See Parnassus.]
(Zoology) Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to the genus Parnassius. They inhabit the mountains, both in the Old World and in America.
Parnassian , noun
[French parnassien.]
One of a school of French poets of the Second Empire (1852-70) who emphasized metrical form and made little use of emotion as poetic material; -- so called from the name (Parnasse contemporain) of the volume in which their first poems were collected in 1866.