Timonize

Etymology
, from the 5th-century BC person (as described by Plutarch, Lucian, Aristophanes), possibly by way of 's play  (c. 1607). Used intransitively by in his book The Gentleman Instructed (1713). Used transitively by in his novel  (1852).

Verb

 * 1)  To behave as a misanthrope.
 * 2) * 1713, William Darrell, The Gentleman Instructed, 5th edition:
 * I should be tempted to Timonize, and clap a Satyr upon our whole Species.
 * 1)  To cause (someone) to slide into bitter misanthropy, into Timonism.
 * 2) * 1983, Michael L. Ross, "Lawrence's letters", in Russell: the Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies, volume 3, number 1 (Summer 1983), page 58:
 * Lawrence's progressive alienation from his countrymen and finally from humanity – as it were, the "Timonizing" process that overcame him – went hand in hand with his estrangement from Russell.
 * Lawrence's progressive alienation from his countrymen and finally from humanity – as it were, the "Timonizing" process that overcame him – went hand in hand with his estrangement from Russell.