Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

poetastery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: po-et-astery
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Inferior poetry.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"As Poetry is totally distinct from Poetastery, so is Criticism not to be confounded with Criticastricism."
"We rarely sentimentalized consciously, and still more seldom openly, about the present state of Venice as contrasted with her past glory. I am glad to say that we despised the conventional poetastery about her."
"Compare but the northern poets — and they were all improvisers — with the lamentable poetastery of the Roman emperors which Suetonius quotes."

Etymology

From poetaster + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: poetaster

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

poetasteries (plural)

Questions

What does poetastery mean?: Inferior poetry.
Where does poetastery come from?: From poetaster + -y.

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