Definition of Timon

1. Proper noun. (Ancient Greek male given name) of mostly historical use. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Timon

1. a helm [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Timon

timist
timists
timmer
timmers
timnodonic
timnodonic acid
timocracies
timocracy
timocrat
timocratic
timocratical
timocrats
timolol
timolol maleate
timolols
timon
timoneer
timoneers
timons
timophilia
timorous
timorously
timorousness
timorousnesses
timorsome
timothies
timothy
timothy-hay bacillus
timourous

Literary usage of Timon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb, William Shakespeare, Mary Lamb (1885)
"If a poet had composed a work which wanted a recommendatory introduction to the world, he had no more to do but to dedicate it to lord Timon, and the poem ..."

2. A Life of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee (1916)
"In two succeeding dramas, "Timon of Athens' and 'Pericles,' he would seem indeed to have done little more than lend his hand to brilliant embellishments of ..."

3. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1895)
"Timon of Athens" was first printed in the folio of 1623, and it is usually regarded as one of Shakespeare's later works, written about the year 1610. ..."

4. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1842)
"He not affecte newe titles in my minde, Or yet bee call'd the hater of mankinde : Timon doffs Timon, and with bended knee Thus ..."

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