Petrarchan

Petrarchan
/pi trahr"keuhn/, adj. Also, Petrarchian /pi trahr"kee euhn/.
1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the works of Petrarch.
2. characteristic or imitative of the style of Petrarch.
n.
3. Petrarchist.
[1820-30; PETRARCH + -AN]

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