Timonist
noun/ˈtaɪmənɪst/
Etymology
From Timon + -ist, after the 5th-century-BCE person Timon of Athens (as described by Plutarch, Lucian, and Aristophanes). Used by Robert Greene in his Greene's Mourning Garment (1590). (William Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens is usually estimated c. 1607 and would not have influenced Greene; however, some consider the play could be one of Shakespeare's earliest, and could then have been Greene's source.)
Definitions
A sort of bitter misanthrope related to Timonism, like Timon of Athens.
- Yet was he not … such a Timonist, but hee would familiarly conuerse with his friends. [sic]
- I did it to retyre me from the vvorld; / And turne my Muſe into a Timoniſt, […]
Of a form of bitter misanthropy related to Timonism, like Timon of Athens.
- Marston poses as the Timonist malcontent satirist ready to excoriate the world for its follies.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA