poetaster (noun)

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• poetaster — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin poeta + aster aster Date: 1599 an inferior poet …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• poetaster — noun An unskilled poet. See Also: criticaster, mathematicaster, philosophaster, politicaster …   Wiktionary

• poetaster — noun (C) literary someone who writes bad poems …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• poetaster — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One who writes poetry: bard, muse2, poet, poetess, rhymer, rhymester, versifier. See WORDS …   English dictionary for students

• poetaster — [ˌpəʊɪ tastə] noun a person who writes inferior poetry. Origin C16: mod. L., from L. poeta poet + aster …   English new terms dictionary

• poetaster — /poʊəˈtæstə / (say pohuh tastuh) noun an inferior poet; a writer of indifferent verse. {Medieval Latin or New Latin. See poet, aster1} …  

• poet — noun she has the soul of a poet Syn: writer of poetry, versifier, rhymester, rhymer, sonneteer, lyricist, lyrist; laureate; literary bard; derogatory poetaster; historical troubadour, balladeer …   Thesaurus of popular words

• versemonger — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: verse (I) + monger : poetaster …   Useful english dictionary

• -aster — suffix. 1 forming nouns denoting poor quality (criticaster; poetaster). 2 Bot. denoting incomplete resemblance (oleaster; pinaster). Etymology: L * * * I. |astə(r), |aas noun suffix ( s …   Useful english dictionary

• poet — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. writer, poemwriter, bard, versifier, dilettante, minstrel, troubadour, jongleur, verse maker, maker of verses, scribbler of verses, metrist, lyrist, parodist, author, lyricist, librettist, dramatic poet, dramatist, lyric… …   English dictionary for students

• ver|si|fi|er — «VUR suh FY uhr», noun. 1. a person who makes verses; poet. 2. = poetaster. (Cf. ↑poetaster) …   Useful english dictionary