Timonean

Etymology 1
, from the 5th-century BC person (as described by Plutarch, Lucian, Aristophanes), possibly by way of 's play  (c. 1607). Used by in a letter (c. 1710-1722), apparently as a rare word or neologism. Used by in The Life of John Buncle, Vol. II (1766), as a regular word.

Adjective

 * 1) Of a form of bitter misanthropy related to Timonism, like.
 * 2) * ~1710-1722,, undated letter:
 * Solitude, on the contrary, not only deprives us of both the past and the future, but always inclines the present hour to joyless melancholy, which sooner or later ends in something intractable, Timonean, (pardon the word) or perhaps more fatal.
 * 1) * 1766,, The Life of John Buncle, Vol. II:
 * Such was the account Mr. Hobart gave me of himself, (which made me admire him much, as he was but fifty then) and to convince me his temper had nothing Timonean or unsocial in it from his solitary life, he requested I would dine with him.
 * 1) * 1849,, :
 * And so in love with his Timonean solitude was Rozoko, that it needed many bribes and bland persuasions, to induce him to desert his mossy, hillside, misanthropic cave, for the distracting tumult of a court.

Translations

 * French: timonéen (same but obscure), timonien (synon. but common)

Etymology 2
, from a 3rd-century BC disciple of Pyrrho, Skeptic philosopher and satirist (c. 320 – c. 230 BC).

Adjective

 * 1) Pertaining or related to, his life, works, style, or ideas.
 * 2) * 2009, Dee L. Clayman, Timon of Phlius:
 * Since only a small percentage of Timon's oeuvre has survived and much of Callimachus' work is equally fragmentary there are no direct quotes or precise allusions, but it is possible to discern some features of Callimachus' work that seem remarkably Timonean.

Synonyms

 * (more common)

Translations

 * French: timonéen (same but obscure), timonien (synon. but common)