sonneteer
English
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editEtymology
editFrom sonnet + -eer, replacing earlier sonnetier from Italian sonettiere, from sonetto.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Noun
editsonneteer (plural sonneteers)
- (sometimes derogatory) A writer of sonnets or small poems.
- 1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W[illiam] Lewis […]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor […], T[homas] Osborn[e] […], and J[ohn] Graves […], →OCLC:
- Some starved hackney sonneteer.
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editsonneteer (third-person singular simple present sonneteers, present participle sonneteering, simple past and past participle sonneteered)
- To compose sonnets.
References
edit- ^ “sonneteer”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.