poetaster
UK/pəʊɪtæstə(ɹ)/
poetaster noun: an unskilled poet.
Noun
poetaster (plural poetasters)
- An unskilled poet.
- 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.1853, Henry Theodore Tuckerman, “Mental Portraits; Or, Studies of Character”, in The Reviewer: Lord Jeffrey, page 219
- 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.1913, Elijah Clarence Hills, S. Griswold Morley, editors, Modern Spanish Lyrics
poetaster meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Arabic
poetaster in Tamil
- புன் கவிஞர், இழிபொருட் பாவலர்
poetaster in Telugu
- unskilled poet
- కుకవి kukavi
poetaster in Kannada
- ಕುಕವಿ, ಕ್ಷುದ್ರಕವಿ, ಕೀಳುಮಟ್ಟದ ಕಾವ್ಯ ಬರೆಯುವವನು
poetaster in Arabic
- unskilled poet
- شُوَيْعِر šuwayʕir, مُتَشَاعِر mutašāʕir
Forms of poetaster
| plural | poetasters |
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Origin of poetaster
Learned borrowing from New Latin poētaster. By surface analysis, poet + -aster.
Words formed from poetaster
Words that rhyme with poetaster
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- adelaster
- astrologaster
- canaster
- copastor
- cotoneaster
- criticaster
- diaster
- faster
- grammaticaster
- headmaster
- hereticaster
- historiaster
- historicaster
- interpilaster
- Jaster
- Kaster
- laster
- logicaster
- mathematicaster
- medicaster
- monaster
- musicaster
- outmaster
- overmaster
- paster
- philologaster
- philosophaster
- pinaster
- politicaster
- replaster
- scientaster
- sterraster
- theologaster
- usageaster
- verticillaster
- witticaster
Questions about poetaster
- What does poetaster mean?
- Poetaster means an unskilled poet.
- What is poetaster in Tamil?
- Poetaster in Tamil is புன் கவிஞர், இழிபொருட் பாவலர். See Poetaster meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is poetaster?
- Poetaster is a noun.
- How do you pronounce poetaster?
- Poetaster is pronounced /pəʊɪtæstə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of poetaster?
- The plural of poetaster is poetasters.
Words near poetaster in the dictionary
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