"poetaster" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pəʊɪtæstə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: poetasters [plural]
Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ) Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin poētaster. Equivalent to poet + -aster. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|NL.|poētaster}} Learned borrowing from New Latin poētaster, {{suf|en|poet|aster}} poet + -aster Head templates: {{en-noun}} poetaster (plural poetasters)
  1. An unskilled poet. Related terms: poetastress, criticaster, logicaster, mathematicaster, philosophaster, politicaster Translations (unskilled poet): شُوَيْعِر (šuwayʕir) [masculine] (Arabic), مُتَشَاعِر (mutašāʕir) [masculine] (Arabic), стихоплетец (stihopletec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), poetastre [masculine] (Catalan), poetaĉo (Esperanto), poétastre [masculine] (French), Poetaster [masculine] (German), fűzfapoéta (Hungarian), poetaszter [rare] (Hungarian), poeteto (Ido), poetacho (Ido), poetastro [masculine] (Italian), wierszokleta [masculine] (Polish), wierszopis [masculine] (Polish), wierszorób [masculine] (Polish), poetastro [masculine] (Portuguese), poetaço [masculine] (Portuguese), poetastru [masculine] (Romanian), poetaș [masculine] (Romanian), poetard [masculine] (Romanian), bàrdan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), poetastro [masculine] (Spanish), poetucho [masculine] (Spanish), కుకవి (kukavi) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-poetaster-en-noun-AOonFbCU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -aster

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