Timonean

Timonean
a) Of a form of bitter misanthropy related to Timonism, like .

Solitude, on the contrary, not only deprives us of both the past and the future, but always inclines the present hour to joyless melancholy, which sooner or later ends in something intractable, Timonean, (pardon the word) or perhaps more fatal.

b) Pertaining or related to , his life, works, style, or ideas.

Such was the account Mr. Hobart gave me of himself, (which made me admire him much, as he was but fifty then) and to convince me his temper had nothing Timonean or unsocial in it from his solitary life, he requested I would dine with him.

See Also: Timonism, Timonize

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