poetaster
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poetaster
- /pəʊɪtæstə(ɹ)/ UK
Rhymes with -æstə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from New Latin poētaster. By surface analysis, poet + -aster.
noun 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.
Translations
Talk about this word "poetaster." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/poetaster. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. poetaster. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/poetaster "poetaster." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/poetaster.Cite this
@misc{poetaster_2026,
title = {poetaster},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/poetaster},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
