Sonnetist
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A writer of sonnets.
"1597–1598, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum Yea, and the prophet of the heav'nly lyre, / Great Solomon sings in the English quire; / And is become a new-found sonnetist […]"
Example
More examples"1597–1598, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum Yea, and the prophet of the heav'nly lyre, / Great Solomon sings in the English quire; / And is become a new-found sonnetist […]"
Etymology
From sonnet + -ist.
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