sonneteer
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sonnet + -eer, replacing earlier sonnetier from Italian sonettiere, from sonetto.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]sonneteer (plural sonneteers)
- (sometimes derogatory) A writer of sonnets or small poems.
- 1709, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W. Lewis […], published 1711, →OCLC:
- Some starved hackney sonneteer.
Synonyms
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[edit]Verb
[edit]sonneteer (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.