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poetaster

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po·et·as·ter  (pt-str)
n.
A writer of insignificant, meretricious, or shoddy poetry.

[New Latin potaster : Latin pota, poet; see poet + Latin -aster, pejorative suff.]

poetaster [ˌpəʊɪˈtæstə -ˈteɪ-]
n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a writer of inferior verse
[from Medieval Latin; see poet, -aster]
Translations
poetaster [ˌpəʊɪˈtæstəʳ] Npoetastro m
poetaster
n (pej)Poetaster m, → Dichterling m


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This is an example of a class of writing which may be passed over too lightly by those whom poetasters have made distrustful of poetry.
 
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