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parnassus
/ˌpɑɹˈnæsəs/
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What does parnassus mean?
proper noun
- A mountain in central Greece, adjacent the site of the ancient city of Delphi, that in Greek mythology was sacred to Apollo and the Corycian nymphs and was the home of the Muses.
- (figuratively) The home of poetry, literature, and learning.
- A small town in Hurunui district, north Canterbury, New Zealand, named after Mount Parnassus.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌpɑɹˈnæsəs/
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He loved to imagine a great map of New York State, with the daily location of each travelling Parnassus marked by a coloured pin.
She feared nothing save the "horrible nightmares" which frequently followed the big dinners-a child who could have been led to Parnassus, but who was driven nearly to Hell!
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The poetical competition demanded much attention, and presently a witty pamphlet was published, entitled "Barnum's Parnassus; being Confidential Disclosures of the Prize Committee on the Jenny Lind Song."
With some sprouts forth A forest of dense suckers from the root, As elms and cherries; so, too, a pigmy plant, Beneath its mother's mighty shade upshoots The bay-tree of Parnassus.
He is to teach the monarch of Prussia to fetch and carry, .@;, unless they happen to treat in iambics, or begin to settle the limits of' Parnassus instead of' those of Silesia.