Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metrist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: metrist
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who writes verses.

Example Sentences

"While one can find lots of individual astrologers and graphologists, as well as an occasional palmist, psycho metrist or those astute in the reading of tarot cards or I Ching—Psychic Dimensions, Inc., has got it all together."
"Despite their careless scholarship and a less tangible quality that some would call a tin ear for poetry, Morris Halle and S. J. Keyser, as metrists, have the considerable virtue of explicitness."

Etymology

From metre (“poem”) + -ist.

Inflected Forms

metrists (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

meter

Synonyms

metrifier metrician versemonger versesmith

Questions

What does metrist mean?: Someone who writes verses.
Where does metrist come from?: From metre (“poem”) + -ist.

How to pronounce metrist

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