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poetastery

poetastery noun: inferior poetry.

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)
    • We rarely sentimentalized consciously, and still more seldom openly, about the present state of Venice as contrasted with her past glory. I am glad to say that we despised the conventional poetastery about her.1867, William Dean Howells, chapter 22, in Venetian Life

Forms of poetastery

pluralpoetasteries

Origin of poetastery

From poetaster + -y.

Questions about poetastery

What does poetastery mean?
Poetastery means inferior poetry.
What part of speech is poetastery?
Poetastery is a noun.
What is the plural of poetastery?
The plural of poetastery is poetasteries.

Words near poetastery in the dictionary

  1. poetaster
  2. poetasteries
  3. poetastering
  4. poetasterism
  5. poetasters
  6. poetastery
  7. poetasting
  8. poetastress
  9. poetastresses
  10. poetastric
  11. poetastrical

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