Petrarchist
[ pee-trahr-kist, pe- ]
/ ˈpi trɑr kɪst, ˈpɛ- /
noun
a person who imitates the literary style employed by Petrarch, especially the poets of the English Renaissance who employed the Petrarchan sonnet style.
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Example sentences from the Web for petrarchist
Even Michelangelo Buonarroti was at times a Petrarchist, but his poems bear the stamp of his extraordinary and original genius.
Surrey, while adopting the form of the sonnet, kept quite clear of the Petrarchist's mannerism.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series|John Addington SymondsThe Petrarchist would have loathed the Platonist as a moral Pariah.
A Problem in Greek Ethics|John Addington Symonds