PARNASSUS
\pˈɑːnəʃəs], \pˈɑːnəʃəs], \p_ˈɑː_n_ə_ʃ_ə_s]\
Definitions of PARNASSUS
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- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
- 1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry; "Liakoura is the modern name of Mount Parnassus"
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(Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry; "Liakoura is the modern name of Mount Parnassus"
By Princeton University
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A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring.
By Oddity Software
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A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring.
By Noah Webster.
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par-nas'us, n. a mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses.--adj. PARNASS'IAN.--GRASS OF PARNASSUS, a plant with beautiful white or yellowish flowers.
By Thomas Davidson
By Sir Augustus Henry
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