poetaster

(ə tas′tər)

noun

a writer of mediocre verse; rhymester; would-be poet

Origin: ModL: see poet & -aster

See poetaster in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A writer of insignificant, meretricious, or shoddy poetry.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin poētaster

Origin: : Latin poēta, poet; see poet

Origin: + Latin -aster, pejorative suff

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