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Poetaster logo #10101) Inferior rhymer 2) Inferior rhymer of verses 3) Play by Ben Jonson 4) Rhymester 5) Writer of inferior verse
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Poetaster logo #10101) Versemonger
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Poetaster logo #21000 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 word was coined in Latin by Erasmus in 1521. It was first used in English by Ben Jonson in his 1600 play Cynthia`s Revels; immediately afterwards Jonson c....
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poetaster logo #22641petty poet; writer of contemptible verses
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poetaster logo #21032'A vile petty poet' (Samuel Johnson, 1755).
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Poetaster logo #21002• (n.) An inferior rhymer, or writer of verses; a dabbler in poetic art.
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Poetaster logo #22429A vile petty poet (samuel johnson, 1755).
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Poetaster logo #20972Po'et·as`ter noun An inferior rhymer, or writer of verses; a dabbler in poetic art. « The talk of forgotten poetasters Macaulay.
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Poetaster logo #20166An inferior poet. See doggerel.
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poetaster logo #21009poetaster 1. An inferior poet; an inferior rhymer, or writer of verses. 2. A dabbler in poetic art; a writer of indifferent verse. 3. A petty or paltry poet; a writer of poor or trashy verse; a rimester.
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