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poetaster

[ poh-it-as-ter ]

/ ˈpoʊ ɪtˌæs tər /

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noun

an inferior poet; a writer of indifferent verse.

Origin of poetaster

1590–1600; < Medieval Latin or New Latin; see poet, -aster¹

SYNONYMS FOR poetaster

rhymester.

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OTHER WORDS FROM poetaster

po·et·as·ter·ing, po·et·as·ter·y, po·et·as·try, po·et·as·ter·ism, noun po·et·as·tric, po·et·as·tri·cal, adjective

Words nearby poetaster

poepol, poesy, poet, poet laureate, poet., poetaster, poetess, poetic, poetic edda, poetic justice, poetic licence

Example sentences from the Web for poetaster

While reading, we seem to be present at a new act in Jonson's Poetaster.

The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the first |Count Carlo Gozzi
But there was another Frederic,—the Frederic of Rheinsberg, the fiddler and flute-player, the poetaster and metaphysician.

Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) |Thomas Babington Macaulay
The Satiromastix” may be considered as a parody on “The Poetaster.

Calamities and Quarrels of Authors |Isaac Disraeli
The titlepage to 'Poetaster' bears the stationer's as well as printer's name.

Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge |W. W. Greg

And now we shall lay down our pen, and bid farewell for a season both to poet and to poetaster.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for poetaster

poetaster

/ (ˌpəʊɪˈtæstə, -ˈteɪ-) /

noun

a writer of inferior verse

Word Origin for poetaster

C16: from Medieval Latin; see poet, -aster