sonneteer

UK
/ˌsɒn.ɪˈtɪə/
US
/ˌsɑː.nɪˈtɪr/

Translations

sonneteernoun
sonneteers
pl
UK
/ˌsɒn.ɪˈtɪə/
US
/ˌsɑː.nɪˈtɪr/
The sonneteer spent his days crafting intricate verses that captured the beauty of nature.
Le sonnettiste passait ses journées à façonner des vers complexes qui capturaient la beauté de la nature.
Additional translations
poète mineurPéjoratif.
Synonyms
sonneteerverb
sonneteered
Past Simple
sonneteered
Past Participle
sonneteering
Gerund
UK
/ˌsɒn.ɪˈtɪə/
US
/ˌsɑː.nɪˈtɪr/
Used (now rare) as an intransitive verb meaning 'to compose sonnets.'
composer des sonnets
She would sonneteer late into the night, filling her notebook with rhymed lines.
Elle composait des sonnets tard dans la nuit, remplissant son carnet de vers rimés.

Definitions

sonneteernoun
A poet who composes sonnets.
The sonneteer spent his days crafting intricate verses that captured the beauty of nature.
A minor or trivial poet, especially one regarded as affected or inferior.
He was dismissed by his contemporaries as a fashionable sonneteer with little substance.
sonneteerverb
To compose sonnets; to write sonnets.
She would sonneteer late into the night, filling her notebook with rhymed lines.