parnassian
noun, adjective
parnassian is spelled P-A-R-N-A-S-S-I-A-N: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, parnassian means “A papilionid butterfly of the holarctic alpine genus Parnassius or the subfamily Parnassiinae; an apollo butterfly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of parnassian is parnassians.
How many letters and syllables are in parnassian?
| Letters | 10: P-A-R-N-A-S-S-I-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 49 million words; the 217,360th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is parnassian?
Parnassian appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of parnassian
- parnassians plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does parnassian mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A papilionid butterfly of the holarctic alpine genus Parnassius or the subfamily Parnassiinae; an apollo butterfly.
adjective
- 1
Of, relating to, or designating papilionid butterflies of the genus Parnassius or the subfamily Parnassiinae, consisting of the apollo butterflies.
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to Parnassus, as the source of literary (especially poetic) inspiration; (hence) of or belonging to poetry.
- 2
Of or relating to a style of poetry or language which can only be created by poets, but not in the language of inspiration.
- 3
Of or relating to the Parnassianism movement of French poetry in the years 1850 to 1900, whose adherents rejected Romanticism and instead favored classicism with its formal structure and emotional detachment.
noun
- 1
rareA poet.
- 2
A French poet of the Parnassianism movement.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does parnassian come from?
From Parnassus, from Latin Parnassus, from Ancient Greek Παρνασσός (Parnassós).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).