sonnetize

[ son-i-tahyz ]

/ ˈsɒn ɪˌtaɪz /

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verb (used without object), son·net·ized, son·net·iz·ing.

to write sonnets.

verb (used with object), son·net·ized, son·net·iz·ing.

to write sonnets on or to.

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Also especially British, son·net·ise .

Origin of sonnetize

First recorded in 1790–1800; sonnet + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM sonnetize

son·net·i·za·tion, noun

Words nearby sonnetize

sonics, soniferous, son-in-law, sonnet, sonneteer, sonnetize, sonnet sequence, Sonnets from the Portuguese, sonny, sono-, sonobuoy