English
Timonean
From Timon + -ean, after the 5th-century-BCE person Timon of Athens (as described by Plutarch, Lucian, and Aristophanes), possibly by way of William Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens (c.
Formed from Timon + -ean
Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- ‘to perceive’
Ancient Greek τῑ́ω ‘to pay honour to a person’
Ancient Greek τῑμή ‘honor’
Ancient Greek Τῑ́μων
English Timon
The story
From Timon + -ean, after the 5th-century-BCE person Timon of Athens (as described by Plutarch, Lucian, and Aristophanes), possibly by way of William Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens (c. 1607).
Today it means
adj Of a form of bitter misanthropy related to Timonism, like Timon of Athens.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Timonean