Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

poetaster

/pəʊɪtæstə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: po-et-aster
IPA: /pəʊɪtæstə(ɹ)/

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unskilled poet.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Innumerable poetasters of the early eighteenth century enjoyed fame in their day and some possessed talent; but the obscure and trivial style of the age from which they could not free themselves deprived them of any chance of enduring fame."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin poētaster. By surface analysis, poet + -aster.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /pəʊɪtæstə(ɹ)/

Inflected Forms

poetasters (plural)

Derived Forms

poetasterism poetastery poetastric poetastrical

Frequently Paired Words

criticaster logicaster mathematicaster philosophaster poetastress politicaster

Rhymes With

master faster disaster pastor plaster headmaster castor caster blaster aster alabaster remaster

Questions

How do you pronounce poetaster?: The recorded pronunciation is /pəʊɪtæstə(ɹ)/.
What does poetaster mean?: An unskilled poet.
Where does poetaster come from?: Learned borrowing from New Latin poētaster. By surface analysis, poet + -aster.

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