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; see 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

Alan Littlewood at 21 is a frail, girlish-featured, vain, romantic poetaster, with an acute inferiority complex and a touch of t.b.

From Time Magazine Archive

With which brave words Ireland's exiled poetaster and throat specialist.

From Time Magazine Archive

The great majority of us are minor poets, but "poetaster," by definition, implies the accusation of "paltry," which, in its turn, is a sneer.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was boorish and an unfashionable thing not to be an author, a poetaster, a little orator, a critic, a dabbler in the arts.

From Vigée Le Brun by MacFall, Haldane