Poetaster

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æstÉ™(r)

Origin

Borrowed from the New Latin poētaster. poet + -aster

Full definition of poetaster

Noun

1. An unskilled poet.
• 1853, Henry Theodore Tuckerman, Mental Portraits; Or, Studies of Character, The Reviewer: , page 219: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.

Related terms

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Anagrams

• operettas