Petrarchist

[ pee-trahr-kist, pe- ]
/ ˈpi trɑr kɪst, ˈpɛ- /

noun

a person who imitates the literary style employed by Petrarch, especially the poets of the English Renaissance who employed the Petrarchan sonnet style.
Also Petrarchan.

Origin of Petrarchist

First recorded in 1815–25; Petrarch + -ist

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