# Timonian

> English word · Adjective · IPA /taɪˈməʊ.ni.ən/

## Definitions
1. Of a form of bitter misanthropy relating to Timonism, like Timon of Athens.

## Etymology
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).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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