sonnetize

[ son-i-tahyz ]

/ ˈsɒn ɪˌtaɪz /

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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Nearby words

sonne bacillus, sonnet, sonnet cycle, sonnet sequence, sonneteer, sonnetize, sonnets from the portuguese, sonnetteer, sonny, sono-, sonobuoy

Also especially British, son·net·ise.

Origin of sonnetize

First recorded in 1790–1800; sonnet + -ize

Related formsson·net·i·za·tion, noun

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