Poetaster
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Poetaster — Poetaster, like rhymester or versifier, is a contemptuous name often applied to bad or inferior poets. Specifically, poetaster has implications of unwarranted pretentions to artistic value. The term was coined by Ben Jonson in his 1601 play The… … Wikipedia
Poëtáster — (neulat.), schlechter Dichter, Dichterling … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Poetaster — Poetaster,der:⇨Lyriker … Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme
poetaster — (n.) 1590s, from M.Fr. poetastre (1550s), from L. poeta (poet) + aster, diminutive (pejorative) suffix … Etymology dictionary
poetaster — poetàster m DEFINICIJA podr. loš pjesnik, nadripjesnik, stihoklepac, piskaralo (stihova) ETIMOLOGIJA srlat. ← v. poetika, poeta + lat. aster (označava loše oponašanje prave tvari) … Hrvatski jezični portal
poetaster — *poet, versifier, rhymer, rhymester, bard, minstrel, troubadour … New Dictionary of Synonyms
poetaster — [pō′ə tas΄tər] n. [ModL: see POET1 & ASTER2] a writer of mediocre verse; rhymester; would be poet … English World dictionary
poetáster — tra m (á) knjiž. pesnikovalec, pesnikun: on ni poet, ampak le poetaster … Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika
poetaster — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin poeta + aster aster Date: 1599 an inferior poet … New Collegiate Dictionary
poetaster — poetastering, poetastery, poetastry, poetasterism, n. poetastric, poetastrical, adj. /poh it as teuhr/, n. an inferior poet; a writer of indifferent verse. [1590 1600; < ML or NL; see POET, ASTER1] Syn. rhymester. * * * … Universalium
