Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anti-petrarchism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-ti-pe-trar-chism
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rhetorical style that deliberately rejected, parodied, or grotesquely inverted Petrarchan conventions.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"There is rather little of the kind of anti-Petrarchism found in the burlesque poems of Burchiello (1404-48), Berni (1498-1535) and Aretino (1492-1556)."

Etymology

From anti- + Petrarchism.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: anti

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

anti-Petrarchan

Frequently Paired Words

anti-Petrarchan

Questions

What does anti-petrarchism mean?: A rhetorical style that deliberately rejected, parodied, or grotesquely inverted Petrarchan conventions.
Where does anti-petrarchism come from?: From anti- + Petrarchism.

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