PETRARCHIST


Meaning of PETRARCHIST in English

/pee"trahr kist, pe"-/ , n.

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 .

[ 1815-25; PETRARCH + -IST ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .