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Definition of petrarchan - 3 dictionary results

Pe⋅trar⋅chan

  [pi-trahr-kuhn]
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–adjective Also, Pe⋅trar⋅chi⋅an  [pi-trahr-kee-uhn] .
1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the works of Petrarch.
2. characteristic or imitative of the style of Petrarch.
–noun
3. Petrarchist.
Origin:
1820–30; Petrarch + -an

Pe⋅trarch⋅ist

  [pee-trahr-kist, pe-]
–noun
a person who imitates the literary style employed by Petrarch, esp. the poets of the English Renaissance who employed the Petrarchan sonnet style.
Also, Petrarchan.

Origin:
1815–25; Petrarch + -ist
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Pe·trarch   (pē'trärk', pět'rärk')   
Italian poet, scholar, and humanist who is famous for Canzoniere, a collection of love lyrics.
Pe·trarch'an (pĭ-trär'kən) adj.
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