Metrist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Metrist is a noun meaning Someone who writes verses.
Meaning
Someone who writes verses.
Example Sentences
Despite their careless scholarship and a less tangible quality that some would call a tin ear for poetry, Morris Halle and S. J. Keyser, as metrists, have the considerable virtue of explicitness.
While one can find lots of individual astrologers and graphologists, as well as an occasional palmist, psycho metrist or those astute in the reading of tarot cards or I Ching—Psychic Dimensions, Inc., has got it all together.
Word Forms
- metrists
Synonyms for metrist
Depending on context, synonyms include metrifier, metrician, versemonger, versesmith.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include poet, versemaker, metapoet, maker, versifier, metrologist.
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