Francesco Petrarca (1304–1374), Italian scholar and poet.

(uncountable) The literary style of Petrarch. / (countable) Any literary work or passage written in this style.

plural of Petrarchism

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

plural of Petrarchan sonnet

(poetry) A sonnet comprising an octet and a closing sestet, following the rhyme scheme of either abba abba cde cde or abba abba cd cd cd or abba abba cce dde or abba abba cdd cee.

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

(literature) The influential style of Petrarch.

Alternative form of Petrarchan