sonneteer
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From sonnet + -eer, replacing earlier sonnetier from Italian sonettiere, from sonetto.[1]
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Noun
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
Verb
sonneteer (third-person singular simple present sonneteers, present participle sonneteering, simple past and past participle sonneteered)
- To compose sonnets.
References
- “sonneteer”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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