Poetaster
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pəʊɪtæstə(ɹ)/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Poetaster is a noun meaning An unskilled poet.
Meaning
An unskilled poet.
Example Sentences
Where the personal feelings were not engaged, it was also an agreeable pastime to follow his destructive feats; see him annihilate a poetaster, or insinuate away the pretensions of a book-wright.
Innumerable poetasters of the early eighteenth century enjoyed fame in their day and some possessed talent; but the obscure and trivial style of the age from which they could not free themselves deprived them of any chance of enduring fame.
Word Forms
- poetasters
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include maker, poet, tragicaster, metapoet, rhapsode, improvisatore.
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