versemonger

English

Etymology

verse +‎ monger

Noun

versemonger (plural versemongers)

1. (humorous or derogatory) A writer of verses or of commonplace poetry.

Synonyms

• poetaster

See also

• balladmonger

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “versemonger”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)