Parnassian is an adjective that means ‘related to poetry.’
Our word of the day was born in Greece, having been named after a mountain in that nation. But Parnassian was later adopted by the French in the 19th century to refer to a specific group of poets. More recently it is used to describe anything or anyone related to poetry.
The parnissian urge to write in verse struck me in my teens, but I soon got over it. All I had to do was read some of my poetry to my English class. That forever cured me of my desire to be a poet.
