ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

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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