Definition of poetaster in English:

poetaster

noun ˌpəʊɪˈtastəˈpoʊəˌtæstər

A person who writes inferior poetry.
蹩脚诗人，冒牌诗人
Example sentencesExamples
- I offer my apologies: you're still a rotten poetaster, but I can't complain about your spelling.
- To the Edinburgh literati who took him up after the success of his Kilmarnock edition of 1786 he played up to the image of the ‘heaven-taught ploughman’ as created by that second-rate poetaster Henry Mackenzie.
- The prime poetaster likes stringing words together
- Of course, ‘poetic’ is what poets professed to be avoiding in those days and, indeed, throughout history, ‘poetic’ being a form of falsity and artifice peculiar to all preceding generations of poetasters.
- Many scientific teachers of literature never find this out; the poetaster discovers it because he has been trying to make poetry, though he has hard luck.
- There have been poetasters and quack-theorists from the moment imagination emerged in human consciousness.
- I have worked terribly hard, and done good, permanent work - and I have passed the turn of my life and I am a beggar with no more recognition than the slightest poetaster.
- One dishonest plumber does more harm than a hundred poetasters.
- For once, readers will see how delightful great poets are, and how nauseating are poetasters.
- Or is he a poetaster whose taste is overridden by the dream of a talent he has never possessed?
- A poetaster's aesthetic feathers had been ruffled, but his humanity, anemic and amoral, had remained unstirred, somnolent, and moribund.

Origin

Late 16th century: modern Latin, from Latin poeta 'poet' + -aster.

Rhymes

Antofagasta, aster, Astor, canasta, Jocasta, oleaster, pasta, piastre (US piaster), pilaster, Rasta, Zoroaster

Definition of poetaster in US English:

poetaster

nounˈpoʊəˌtæstərˈpōəˌtastər

A person who writes inferior poetry.
蹩脚诗人，冒牌诗人
Example sentencesExamples
- I offer my apologies: you're still a rotten poetaster, but I can't complain about your spelling.
- I have worked terribly hard, and done good, permanent work - and I have passed the turn of my life and I am a beggar with no more recognition than the slightest poetaster.
- For once, readers will see how delightful great poets are, and how nauseating are poetasters.
- Of course, ‘poetic’ is what poets professed to be avoiding in those days and, indeed, throughout history, ‘poetic’ being a form of falsity and artifice peculiar to all preceding generations of poetasters.
- There have been poetasters and quack-theorists from the moment imagination emerged in human consciousness.
- A poetaster's aesthetic feathers had been ruffled, but his humanity, anemic and amoral, had remained unstirred, somnolent, and moribund.
- Many scientific teachers of literature never find this out; the poetaster discovers it because he has been trying to make poetry, though he has hard luck.
- The prime poetaster likes stringing words together
- One dishonest plumber does more harm than a hundred poetasters.
- To the Edinburgh literati who took him up after the success of his Kilmarnock edition of 1786 he played up to the image of the ‘heaven-taught ploughman’ as created by that second-rate poetaster Henry Mackenzie.
- Or is he a poetaster whose taste is overridden by the dream of a talent he has never possessed?

Origin

Late 16th century: modern Latin, from Latin poeta ‘poet’ + -aster.

单词	poetaster
释义	Definition of poetaster in English: poetaster noun ˌpəʊɪˈtastəˈpoʊəˌtæstər A person who writes inferior poetry. 蹩脚诗人，冒牌诗人 Example sentencesExamples I offer my apologies: you're still a rotten poetaster, but I can't complain about your spelling. To the Edinburgh literati who took him up after the success of his Kilmarnock edition of 1786 he played up to the image of the ‘heaven-taught ploughman’ as created by that second-rate poetaster Henry Mackenzie. The prime poetaster likes stringing words together Of course, ‘poetic’ is what poets professed to be avoiding in those days and, indeed, throughout history, ‘poetic’ being a form of falsity and artifice peculiar to all preceding generations of poetasters. Many scientific teachers of literature never find this out; the poetaster discovers it because he has been trying to make poetry, though he has hard luck. There have been poetasters and quack-theorists from the moment imagination emerged in human consciousness. I have worked terribly hard, and done good, permanent work - and I have passed the turn of my life and I am a beggar with no more recognition than the slightest poetaster. One dishonest plumber does more harm than a hundred poetasters. For once, readers will see how delightful great poets are, and how nauseating are poetasters. Or is he a poetaster whose taste is overridden by the dream of a talent he has never possessed? A poetaster's aesthetic feathers had been ruffled, but his humanity, anemic and amoral, had remained unstirred, somnolent, and moribund. Origin Late 16th century: modern Latin, from Latin poeta 'poet' + -aster. Rhymes Antofagasta, aster, Astor, canasta, Jocasta, oleaster, pasta, piastre (US piaster), pilaster, Rasta, Zoroaster Definition of poetaster in US English: poetaster nounˈpoʊəˌtæstərˈpōəˌtastər A person who writes inferior poetry. 蹩脚诗人，冒牌诗人 Example sentencesExamples I offer my apologies: you're still a rotten poetaster, but I can't complain about your spelling. I have worked terribly hard, and done good, permanent work - and I have passed the turn of my life and I am a beggar with no more recognition than the slightest poetaster. For once, readers will see how delightful great poets are, and how nauseating are poetasters. Of course, ‘poetic’ is what poets professed to be avoiding in those days and, indeed, throughout history, ‘poetic’ being a form of falsity and artifice peculiar to all preceding generations of poetasters. There have been poetasters and quack-theorists from the moment imagination emerged in human consciousness. A poetaster's aesthetic feathers had been ruffled, but his humanity, anemic and amoral, had remained unstirred, somnolent, and moribund. Many scientific teachers of literature never find this out; the poetaster discovers it because he has been trying to make poetry, though he has hard luck. The prime poetaster likes stringing words together One dishonest plumber does more harm than a hundred poetasters. To the Edinburgh literati who took him up after the success of his Kilmarnock edition of 1786 he played up to the image of the ‘heaven-taught ploughman’ as created by that second-rate poetaster Henry Mackenzie. Or is he a poetaster whose taste is overridden by the dream of a talent he has never possessed? Origin Late 16th century: modern Latin, from Latin poeta ‘poet’ + -aster.
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