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Petrarchist

[ pee-trahr-kist, pe- ]

noun

  1. 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of Petrarchist1

First recorded in 1815–25; Petrarch + -ist
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Example Sentences

Surrey, while adopting the form of the sonnet, kept quite clear of the Petrarchist's mannerism.

Even 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.

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