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Petrarchian

Petrarchian is the alternative form of Petrarchan.

Meaning of Petrarchan

Adjective

Petrarchan (comparative more Petrarchan, superlative most Petrarchan)

  1. Of or relating to Francesco Petrarch, a renowned Renaissance Italian humanist.

Forms of Petrarchian

comparativemore Petrarchian
superlativemost Petrarchian

Questions about Petrarchian

What is Petrarchian the alternative form of?
Petrarchian is the alternative form of Petrarchan.

Words near Petrarchian in the dictionary

  1. Petrarchal
  2. Petrarchan
  3. Petrarchan sonnet
  4. Petrarchan sonnets
  5. Petrarchanism
  6. Petrarchian
  7. Petrarchianism
  8. Petrarchism
  9. Petrarchisms
  10. Petrarchist
  11. Petrarchists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Petrarchian (page history and authors); Petrarchan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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