Timonian

发音

UK /taɪˈməʊ.ni.ən/
US /taɪˈmoʊ.ni.ən/

词形变化

Timonians 复数 Timonians more Timonian 比较级 most Timonian 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A member of the French Catholic Sacred Heart congregation founded by Joseph-Marie Timon-David.

adj.
  1. 1.

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

    [About Timon's account of Pyrrho's views.] The second Timonian passage is usually taken to come from his prose work, Python.

    Aristocles is not citing Timon—and how near he keeps to any Timonian text we cannot judge.

  2. 1.

    Of or relating to Skeptic philosopher Timon of Phlius, his life, works, style, or ideas.

  3. 1.

    Of or relating to the French Catholic Sacred Heart congregation founded by Joseph-Marie Timon-David.

词源

From Timon + -ian, after the French priest Joseph-Marie Timon-David (1823–1891) and the Sacred Heart congregation he founded in 1864.

来源:wiktionary