Symbolist
Origin
From French symboliste, coined by poet Paul Verlaine in 1885.
Full definition of symbolist
Adjective
symbolist
- (arts, literature) Of or pertaining to the Symbolist movement in late 19th-century and early 20th-century European arts and literature
- 2007, April 15, Randy Kennedy, When Picasso and Braque Went to the Movies, The general picture that has emerged is one of Cubism bubbling up out of a thick Parisian stew of symbolist poetry, Cézanne, cafe society, African masks, absinthe and a fascination with all things mechanical and modern, mostly airplanes and automatons.