| 单词 | poetastering |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoeˈtastering poeˈtastering adj. and n. rare †(a) adj. resembling or emulating the work of a poetaster (obsolete); (b) n. behaviour characteristic of a poetaster, the composition of poor or feeble verse. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > bad poem or doggerel poem > [adjective] > composing bad verse poetastering1695 poetasting1969 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > bad poem or doggerel poem > [noun] > writing of bad verse versemongery1836 poetastering1845 worsification1849 versemongering1875 1695 C. Cotton tr. Martial Epigr. ii. lxxxvi. 59 Make not the Eccho in my Verses play, After the Grecian Poetastring way. 1845 W. M. Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. Nov. 588/2 Away with all poetastering at dinner-parties. 2004 Re: Still out on Lim in rec.arts.poems (Usenet newsgroup) 27 May No amount of poetastering is going to save you from the failure that you've made of your life. < as lemmas |
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