metrist

[me-trist, mee-trist]

noun

1. a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.

metrist

/ ˈmɛtrɪst /

noun

1. prosody a person skilled in the use of poetic metre

Word History and Origins

Origin of metrist¹

From the Medieval Latin word metrista, dating back to 1525–35. See meter ², -ist

Example Sentences

For, skilful and accomplished metrist as he was, it was only by dint of "repeated experiments and intense mental effort" that he achieved those results in which his art appears most artless.

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As has been pointed out above,544 Massinger is a strict metrist, and does not often resort to this liberty, even in rapid conversation.

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As a metrist, therefore, Ramsay can claim little or no attention.

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Not only does he distinguish nine different degrees of force, but there are the same number of degrees of length, pitch, silence, and weight, making altogether forty-five varieties of stress at the disposal of the metrist ...

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See notes on Dunbar as a metrist, in this edition, vol. i. pp. cxlix and clxxii, and T. F. Henderson's Scottish Vernacular Literature, pp. 153-164.

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Related Words

• artist 
• author 
• dramatist 
• lyricist 
• writer