poetaster

English

Etymology

Borrowed from the New Latin poētaster. poet +‎ -aster

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æstə(r)

Noun

poetaster (plural poetasters)

1. An unskilled poet.
   • 1853, Henry Theodore Tuckerman, Mental Portraits; Or, Studies of Character, The Reviewer: Lord Jeffrey, page 219:

     Where the personal feelings were not engaged, it was also an agreeable pastime to follow his destructive feats; see him annihilate a poetaster, or insinuate away the pretensions of a book-wright.

Related terms

• criticaster
• mathematicaster
• philosophaster
• politicaster

Translations

unskilled poet

• Catalan: poetastre (ca) m
• French: poétastre (fr) m
• German: please add this translation if you can:
• Italian: poetastro (it) m
• Occitan: please add this translation if you can:

• Polish: wierszokleta m
• Portuguese: poetastro (pt) m, poetaço (pt) m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can:
• Spanish: poetastro (es) m

Anagrams

• operettas

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Latin

Etymology

poēta (“poet”) +‎ -aster, an occupational suffix for menial work.

Noun

poetaster m

1. (New Latin) poetaster