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Definition of petrarchian - 1 dictionary result

Pe⋅trar⋅chan

[pi-trahr-kuhn]
–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
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