sonneteer

[son-i-teer]

noun

1. a composer of sonnets.

verb (used without object)

1. to compose sonnets; sonnetize.

sonneteer

/ ˌsɒnɪˈtɪə /

noun

1. a writer of sonnets

Word History and Origins

Origin of sonneteer¹

1580–90; sonnet + -eer; replacing earlier sonnetier < Italian sonnettiere

Example Sentences

Arriving at this realization has been the seed for all sorts of lyric reflections, be it from ancient Greek odists, Renaissance sonneteers or pop balladeers.

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There’s even an open mike if your inner sonneteer longs to be released; newyorkcitypoetryfestival.com.

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He was a great sonneteer—he wrote thirty-one of them, many of which make for harrowing reading.

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Burt is the critic who, more than any other, understands the here and now and “flourishes amid the hipsters and the sonneteers.”

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A word found in Dante is classical to the Italian ear; a form, however strange in grammar, traced to him, is considered justifiable if used by any modern sonneteer.

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