omarian means in the style of the Persian poet Omar Khayyam, especially the Edward Fitzgerald translation of Omar Khayyam's quatrains, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia (1859). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
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OMARIAN — [Adjective, Noun] Pertaining to the poetic style or philosophy of the 11th-century Persian polymath Omar Khayyám, particularly as mediated through Edward FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát; as a noun, a poet or adherent who espouses this distinct mode. From the proper name Omar (referring to Omar Khayyam) + the English suffix -ian (meaning 'belonging to' or 'relating to'). Unlike “Omaresque” (which implies a direct aesthetic facsimile) or “Hafezian” (which evokes ecstatic, wine-soaked mysticism), the Omarian posture is one of intellectual resignation and melancholic, earthbound solace. It is the scent of dust and roses in a ruined garden, the quiet clink of a cup being filled as nightingales fall silent, and the particular warmth of a clay jug in the shade of a cypress tree—a fleeting, bittersweet acceptance that all our intricate algebra cannot solve the simple equation of the moving finger and the setting sun.
adj
- In the style of the Persian poet Omar Khayyam, especially the Edward Fitzgerald translation of Omar Khayyam's quatrains, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia (1859).“The menu card was designed by Mr. Arthur Hacker, and further enriched by some charming verses in Omarian quatrains from Mr. Le Gallienne, who read them to a sympathetic audience.”
noun
- A poet writing in the style of the Persian poet Omar Khayyam, especially the Edward Fitzgerald translation of Omar Khayyam's quatrains, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia (1859).“Now long before the great vogue of Omar Khayyam, and, of course, long before the institution of the Omar Khayyam Club, there was a little group of Omarians of which I was a member.”