Petrarchist
[ pee-trahr-kist, pe- ]
/ ˈpi trɑr kɪst, ˈpɛ- /
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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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Words nearby Petrarchist
Petra, Petrarch, Petrarchan, Petrarchan sonnet, Petrarchism, Petrarchist, petrel, petri-, petrichor, petri dish, Petrie
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How to use Petrarchist in a sentence
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 SymondsEven Michelangelo Buonarroti was at times a Petrarchist, but his poems bear the stamp of his extraordinary and original genius.
The Petrarchist would have loathed the Platonist as a moral Pariah.
A Problem in Greek Ethics|John Addington Symonds