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poetasteries

poetasteries is the plural of poetastery.

Meaning of poetastery

Noun

poetastery (usually uncountable, plural poetasteries)

  1. (usually) Inferior poetry.
    • As Poetry is totally distinct from Poetastery, so is Criticism not to be confounded with Criticastricism.1860, The London Review and Weekly Journal of Politics, Literature, Art, and Society, Vol. 1, p. 129 (Google preview)

Questions about poetasteries

What is poetasteries the plural of?
Poetasteries is the plural of poetastery.

Words near poetasteries in the dictionary

  1. poet's day
  2. poet's jasmine
  3. poet's jasmines
  4. poet.
  5. poetaster
  6. poetasteries
  7. poetastering
  8. poetasterism
  9. poetasters
  10. poetastery
  11. poetasting

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