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📜 Related to Petrarch 🧑‍🎨 A poetry admirer ✒️ A sonnet form
Petrarchan

Petrarchan

9.9
A person who writes or admires sonnets like those by Petrarch
  • noun
  • /ˈpɛtrɑrkən/
  • Literature
translation icon : petrarquista
  • As a Petrarchan, he often wrote sonnets that celebrated a beloved, using vivid imagery and emotional depth.

Examples

  • Like Grisostomo, Cardenio is a Petrarchan or Garcilazo like poet sick with love.

  • The renowned poet dedicated her new collection to the themes of love and longing typical of a Petrarchan style.

  • Many modern poets admire and emulate the Petrarchan tradition in their own works, inspired by its romantic themes.

Compounds

Petrarchan sonnet
  • Literature
9.9

A 14-line poem with eight lines in one rhyme pattern and six in another

Surface Forms

Petrarchan singular
Petrarchans plural

Morphology

Petrarchan = Petrarch (semi-transparent) = Petrarch + an

Built from the proper name plus '-an' to indicate relation; the noun sense 'a person who is Petrarchan' often depends on conversion or context and on knowledge of Petrarch.

Etymology

Petrarchan as a noun names a person who admires or copies Petrarch, especially his sonnets about idealized love. So, calling someone a Petrarchan means they like or write poetry in his style.