poetaster

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An unskilled poet.

Pronunciation

/pəʊɪtæstə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-poetaster.wav

Word forms

poetaster poetasters

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin poētaster. By surface analysis, poet + -aster.

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