Usually means: Sonnet form pioneered by Petrarch.
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  1. Petrarchan: Merriam-Webster
  2. Petrarchan: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Petrarchan: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Petrarchan: Wordnik
  5. Petrarchan: Wiktionary
  6. Petrarchan: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Petrarchan: Dictionary.com
  8. Petrarchan: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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▸ adjective:  Of or relating to Francesco Petrarch, a renowned Renaissance Italian humanist.

Similar:
Petrine, humanist, petrographic, renaissance, humane, petroglyphic, Peruginesque, petrologic, petrifactive, Plutarchian, more...

Opposite:
shakespearean, english sonnet, elizabethsonnet

Types:
sonnet, canzone, madrigal, ballata, rondeau, villanelle, sestina, terza rima, more...

Phrases:
Petrarchan sonnet, petrarchan sonnets, more...

Adjectives:
anti, more, pure, neo, strict

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Similar:
Petrine, humanist, petrographic, renaissance, humane, petroglyphic, Peruginesque, petrologic, petrifactive, Plutarchian, more...

Opposite:
shakespearean, english sonnet, elizabethsonnet

Types:
sonnet, canzone, madrigal, ballata, rondeau, villanelle, sestina, terza rima, more...

Phrases:
Petrarchan sonnet, petrarchan sonnets, more...

Adjectives:
anti, more, pure, neo, strict



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