Timonist

== English == === Etymology === From Timon +‎ -ist, after the 5th-century-BCE person Timon of Athens (as described by Plutarch, Lucian, and Aristophanes). Used by Robert Greene in his Greene's Mourning Garment (1590). (William Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens is usually estimated c. 1607 and would not have influenced Greene; however, some consider the play could be one of Shakespeare's earliest, and could then have been Greene's source.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtaɪmənɪst/ === Noun === Timonist (plural Timonists) A sort of bitter misanthrope related to Timonism, like Timon of Athens. 1590, Robert Greene, Greene's Mourning Garment: Yet was he not [...] such a Timonist, but hee would familiarly conuerse with his friends. [sic] 1988, Paul Ollswang, "Cynicism": Cynicism is often contrasted with "Timonism" (cf. Shakespeare's Timon of Athens). Cynics saw what people could be & were angered by what they had become; Timonists felt humans were hopelessly stupid & uncaring by nature & so saw no hope for change. ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === Timonist (comparative more Timonist, superlative most Timonist) Of a form of bitter misanthropy related to Timonism, like Timon of Athens. 1988, Maurice Charney, Hamlet's fictions: Marston poses as the Timonist malcontent satirist ready to excoriate the world for its follies. ==== Synonyms ==== Timonean Timonian ==== Related terms ==== Timonism Timonize ==== Translations ==== === References === OED, "Timon [feat. Timonian, Timonism, Timonist, Timonize]" in the Oxford English Dictionary (reproduced in a post) SEG, "Timonist" in Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (supplement to James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps), A supplementary English glossary, 1881 (full text at Archive.org or p. 656 at Google Books) WN, "Timonist" in Wordnik Notes: