English

Noun

Timonist ‎(plural Timonists)

1. A sort of bitter misanthrope related to Timonism, like Timon of Athens.
   • 1590, Robert Greene, Greene's Mourning Garment:^[1]

     Yet was he not [...] such a Timonist, but hee would familiarly conuerse with his friends. [sic]

   • 1602, Thomas Dekker, Satiromastix:^[1]

     I did it to retyre me from the world; And turne my Muse into a Timonist. [sic]

   • 1988, Paul Ollswang, "Cynicism":^[2]

     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)

1. Of a form of bitter misanthropy related to Timonism, like Timon of Athens.
   • 1988, Maurice Charney, Hamlet's fictions:^[3]

     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:

1. 1 2 See OED.
2. ↑ Paul Ollswang, "Cynicism: A Series of Cartoons on a Philosophical Theme", January 1988, page at official site; repr. in The Best Comics of the Decade 1980-1990 Vol. 1, Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 1990, ISBN 1-56097-035-9, p. 23.
3. ↑ Maurice Charney, Hamlet's fictions, Routledge, 1988, ISBN 0415007038, p. 154 at Google Books.