poetaster

American  

[poh-it-as-ter] / ˈpoʊ ɪtˌæs tər /

noun

1. an inferior poet; a writer of indifferent verse.

   Synonyms:

   rhymester

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poetaster British  

/ -ˈteɪ-, ˌpəʊɪˈtæstə /

noun

1. a writer of inferior verse

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Other Word Forms

• poetastering noun
• poetasterism noun
• poetastery noun
• poetastric adjective
• poetastrical adjective
• poetastry noun

Etymology

Origin of poetaster

1590–1600; < Medieval Latin or New Latin; poet, -aster ¹

Example Sentences

Heti’s detractors could probably put a bottle in the middle of a table and entertain themselves reading lines out of context in suave, poetaster voices.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2022

Many a present-day poet along with many a poetaster and poeticule, follows the modern fad of writing a subjective Sanskrit all his own.

From Time Magazine Archive

Accordingly, though the book occasionally and happily deviates from its stated purpose, most readers will count Merrill Moore neither poet, poetaster nor poeticule, but a scientist drunk with words.

From Time Magazine Archive

Humbert Wolfe, 55, actory-looking poetaster and Deputy Secretary of Britain's Ministry of Labor; in his sleep; after complaining previous day of a chest pain; in London.

From Time Magazine Archive

It had dropped out of the vocabularies of the French romancists and had become the common property of the ordinary provincial poetaster.

From A Cursory History of Swearing by Sharman, Julian