sonneteer

English

Etymology

From Italian sonettiere, from sonetto.

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 15810849:
  Some starved hackney sonneteer.

Translations

German: Sonettist (de) m
Spanish: sonetista (es)

Verb

sonneteer (third-person singular simple present sonneteers, present participle sonneteering, simple past and past participle sonneteered)

To compose sonnets.

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