acmeist
/ˈæk.mi.ɪst/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Acmeist.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Acmeist.
Example Sentences
- "He was Acmeist in spades."
- "As such, they reveal a central concern in Acmeist practice, but do not necessarily specify qualities which are uniquely Acmeist."
- "The poem is also Acmeist in the speaker’s countering of his previous emotional abandon (“a thousand sorrows”) with his present moderation—a simple declaration of love instead of exhaustion and yearning."
- "The Russian poet Anna Akhmatova, who died in 1966 at the age of 77, belongs to the latter category. One of the leading poets of her era, she was a member of the Acmeists, a group of poets who sought—unlike the mystical Symbolists who preceded them—to write about the tangible world."