Spirit of Solitude
Preserved but no longer current.
The word is Greek (alastor, the avenging god, a title applied to Zeus); the Romans had their Jupiter Vindex; and we read in the Bible, "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord" (Rom. xii, 19).
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Spirit of Solitude” mean?
The word is Greek (alastor, the avenging god, a title applied to Zeus); the Romans had their Jupiter Vindex; and we read in the Bible, "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord" (Rom. xii, 19).
Is “Spirit of Solitude” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.