Petrarchism
/pɪˈtrɑːkɪz(ə)m/noun
The formal literary style peculiar to or imitated from Petrarch, especially the Petrarchan sonnet; = Petrarchanism.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Encyclopaedia Britannica. From the name of Petrarch + -ism, probably after French pétrarquisme or Italian petrarchismo. Compare Spanish petrarquismo.
- three-cornered
- three-cushion billiards
- three-decker
- three-dimensional
- three-dimensionality
- three-dimensionally
- threefold
- three-handed
- three-hanky
- three-legged race
- three-line whip
- Three Mile Island
- three-mile limit
- three-parent
- three parts
- three-peat
- threepence
- threepenny
- threepenny bit
- three-phase
- three-piece
- three-ply
- three-pointer
- three-point landing
- three-point turn