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adj
Of a form of bitter misanthropy relating to Timonism, like Timon of Athens.
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adj
Of or relating to Skeptic philosopher Timon of Phlius, his life, works, style, or ideas.
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adj
Of or relating to the French Catholic Sacred Heart congregation founded by Joseph-Marie Timon-David.
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noun
A member of the French Catholic Sacred Heart congregation founded by Joseph-Marie Timon-David.
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History
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).
From Timon + -an, after a 3rd-century-BCE disciple of Pyrrho, Skeptic philosopher and satirist Timon of Phlius (c. 320 – c. 230 BC).
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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