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单词 sonnetize
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sonnetizev.

Brit. /ˈsɒnᵻtʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈsɑnəˌtaɪz/
Forms: 1700s– sonnetize, 1800s– sonnetise, 1800s– sonnettize.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sonnet n., -ize suffix.
Etymology: < sonnet n. + -ize suffix. Compare earlier sonnet v., sonneteer v.
1. intransitive. To write or compose a sonnet or sonnets. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > compose lyric [verb (intransitive)] > compose sonnets
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1798 C. Smith Young Philosopher III. 74 Yours from Upwood..has tempted me to sonnetize myself.
1821 New Monthly Mag. 1 647 They must..scratch head, bite nail, and sonnettize.
1829 Mirror Lit., Amusem., & Instr. 31 Oct. 276/1 Richardson, the poet of India, sonnetizing amidst the superb cupolas and temples.
2. transitive. To celebrate in, or make the subject of, a sonnet or sonnets.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > write lyric about [verb (transitive)] > celebrate in (a) sonnet(s)
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1799 R. Southey Eng. Eclogues in Poet. Wks. (1838) III. 68 Bruin-Bear! Now could I sonnetize thy piteous plight.
1824 John Bull 2 Aug. 253/3 The Cocknies heretofore have devoted their time to sonnetizing each other.
1857 Harper's Mag. Dec. 124/1 The men..hypocritically sonnetize Desdemonas of the kitchen and Imogens of the nursery.
1917 R. Hughes We can't have Everything ii. xxviii. 326 He had intended to sonnetize Anita into perenniality.
1964 Chicago Rev. 17 No. 1. 139 Shall I sonnetize the Pill?
1994 J. Barth Once upon Time 14 John Keats sonnetized his youthful fears that he might cease to be.

Derivatives

ˈsonnetizing n.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > lyric of fixed verse form > sonnet > composition of sonnets
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1832 Fraser's Mag. 6 630 [He] has a good ear for sonnetising.
1905 J. H. Wright et al. tr. M. Philippson Age European Balance of Power (new ed.) i. vi. 202 Lyric odes had degenerated into a senseless jingle of rhymes and vapid sonnetizing.
2011 P. Muldoon et al. in A. D. Cousins & P. Howarth Cambr. Compan. Sonnet i. 18 It's true..that there's a long tradition of sonneteering and sonnetizing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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