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Meaning of Poetaster | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
pəʊɪtæstə(ɹ)

Definitions

An unskilled poet.

Equivalents

Български стихоплетец
Català poetastre
Deutsch Poetaster
Español poetastro poetucho
Gàidhlig bàrdan
Italiano poetastro
Kurdî bardan
Português poetaço poetastro
Română poetard poetastru
తెలుగు కుకవి
Українська віршомаз

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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