poetastering

poetastering
\\-t(ə)riŋ\ noun (-s)
: playing at poetry : dabbling in verse

away with all poetastering at dinner parties — W.M.Thackeray

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pōetasˈtering noun
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Main Entry:poet

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  • poetastering — po·et·as·ter·ing …   English syllables

  • poetaster — poetastering, poetastery, poetastry, poetasterism, n. poetastric, poetastrical, adj. /poh it as teuhr/, n. an inferior poet; a writer of indifferent verse. [1590 1600; < ML or NL; see POET, ASTER1] Syn. rhymester. * * * …   Universalium

  • poesy — Synonyms and related words: Apollo, Apollo Musagetes, Bragi, Calliope, Castilian Spring, Erato, Euterpe, Helicon, Hippocrene, Muse, Parnassus, Pierian Spring, Pierides, Polyhymnia, afflatus, anthology, bad poetry, book of verse, creative… …   Moby Thesaurus

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