poetaster
English
Etymology
Borrowed from the New Latin poētaster. Equivalent to poet + -aster.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æstə(r)
Noun
poetaster (plural poetasters)
- An unskilled poet.
- 1853, Henry Theodore Tuckerman, Mental Portraits; Or, Studies of Character, The Reviewer: Lord Jeffrey, page 219:
- Where the personal feelings were not engaged, it was also an agreeable pastime to follow his destructive feats; see him annihilate a poetaster, or insinuate away the pretensions of a book-wright.
- 1853, Henry Theodore Tuckerman, Mental Portraits; Or, Studies of Character, The Reviewer: Lord Jeffrey, page 219:
Related terms
Translations
unskilled poet
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From poēt(a) (“poet”) + -aster (“expressing incomplete resemblance”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /po.eːˈtas.ter/, [pɔ.eːˈtas.tɛr]
Noun
poētaster m (genitive poētastrī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension, nominative singular in -er.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | poētaster | poētastrī |
| genitive | poētastrī | poētastrōrum |
| dative | poētastrō | poētastrīs |
| accusative | poētastrum | poētastrōs |
| ablative | poētastrō | poētastrīs |
| vocative | poētaster1 | poētastrī |
1May also be poētastre.
References
- poetaster in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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