Word Meanings - POETASTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An inferior rhymer, or writer of verses; a dabbler in poetic art. The talk of forgotten poetasters. Macaulay.

Related words: (words related to POETASTER)

• RHYMERY
  The art or habit of making rhymes; rhyming; -- in contempt.
• INFERIORLY
  In an inferior manner, or on the inferior part.
• WRITER
  1. One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk. They that handle the pen of the writer. Judg. v. 14. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Ps. xlv. 1. 2. One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer
• INFERIOR
  Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer. Inferior court , a court subject to the jurisdiction of another court known as the superior, or higher, court. -- Inferior letter, Inferior figure , a small letter or figure standing at the
• INFERIORITY
  The state of being inferior; a lower state or condition; as, inferiority of rank, of talents, of age, of worth. A deep sense of our own great inferiority. Boyle.
• FORGOTTEN
  p. p. of Forget.
• RHYMER
  One who makes rhymes; a versifier; -- generally in contempt; a poor poet; a poetaster. This would make them soon perceive what despicaple creatures our common rhymers and playwriters be. Milton.
• WRITERSHIP
  The office of a writer.
• POETICALLY
  In a poetic manner.
• POETICULE
  A poetaster. Swinburne.
• DABBLER
  1. One who dabbles. 2. One who dips slightly into anything; a superficial meddler. "our dabblers in politics." Swift.
• POETICS
  The principles and rules of the art of poetry. J. Warton.
• POETIC; POETICAL
  1. Of or pertaining to poetry; suitable for poetry, or for writing poetry; as, poetic talent, theme, work, sentiments. Shak. 2. Expressed in metrical form; exhibiting the imaginative or the rhythmical quality of poetry; as, a poetical composition;
• CHYLOPOETIC
  Concerned in the formation of chyle; as, the chylopoetic organs.
• PLAYWRITER
  A writer of plays; a dramatist; a playwright. Lecky.
• STORY-WRITER
  1. One who writes short stories, as for magazines. 2. An historian; a chronicler. "Rathums, the story-writer." 1 Esdr. ii. 17.
• UNDERWRITER
  One who underwrites his name to the conditions of an insurance policy, especially of a marine policy; an insurer.
• ETHOPOETIC
  Expressing character. Urquhart.
• MYTHOPOETIC
  Making or producing myths or mythical tales.
• NOSOPOETIC
  Producing diseases. Arbuthnot.
• NEWS-WRITER
  One who gathered news for, and wrote, news-letters. Macaulay.
• TYPEWRITER
  1. An instrument for writing by means of type, a typewheel, or the like, in which the operator makes use of a sort of keyboard, in order to obtain printed impressions of the characters upon paper. 2. One who uses such an instrument.