Definition of Poetasters

1. Noun. (plural of poetaster) ¹

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Definition of Poetasters

1. poetaster [n] - See also: poetaster

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poetasters

poephaga
poeps
poeses
poesie
poesied
poesies
poesy
poesying
poet
poet's daffodil
poet-singer
poet laureate
poetaster
poetasters (current term)
poetastry
poetess
poetesses
poetic
poetic justice
poetic licence
poetic license
poetic rhythm
poetical
poetically
poeticalness
poeticalnesses
poeticals
poeticise

Literary usage of Poetasters

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Personal Sketches of His Own Times by Jonah Barrington, Townsend Young (1871)
"... of Wellington's in the rear, must certainly be held to exceed in ingenuity all the poets and poetasters, great and small, of the present generation. ..."

2. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature by John Addington Symonds (1881)
"... on Italian Style—His Good Sense—Controversies on the Language— Academical Spirit—Innumerable poetasters—La ..."

3. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1807)
"... that it will never suffer itself to be subdued by that childish cant of morbid sensibility that many modern poetasters have raised over the island. ..."

4. Students' Handbook of the Facts of English Literature Arranged in Classified ...by James Francis Augustin Pyre by James Francis Augustin Pyre (1910)
"Most productive member of the Scriblerus Club, founded by Swift to chastise poetasters and hack-writers. Prologue to Cato, 1713. ..."

5. Renaissance in Italy by John Addington Symonds (1906)
"... Italian Style—His Good Sense—Controversies on the Language— Academical Spirit—Innumerable poetasters—La Casa—His Life—'II Forno'—Peculiar Melancholy—His ..."

6. Personal Sketches of His Own Times by Jonah Barrington, Townsend Young (1871)
"... of Wellington's in the rear, must certainly be held to exceed in ingenuity all the poets and poetasters, great and small, of the present generation. ..."

7. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature by John Addington Symonds (1881)
"... on Italian Style—His Good Sense—Controversies on the Language— Academical Spirit—Innumerable poetasters—La ..."

8. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1807)
"... that it will never suffer itself to be subdued by that childish cant of morbid sensibility that many modern poetasters have raised over the island. ..."

9. Students' Handbook of the Facts of English Literature Arranged in Classified ...by James Francis Augustin Pyre by James Francis Augustin Pyre (1910)
"Most productive member of the Scriblerus Club, founded by Swift to chastise poetasters and hack-writers. Prologue to Cato, 1713. ..."

10. Renaissance in Italy by John Addington Symonds (1906)
"... Italian Style—His Good Sense—Controversies on the Language— Academical Spirit—Innumerable poetasters—La Casa—His Life—'II Forno'—Peculiar Melancholy—His ..."

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