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单词 poetastery
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poetasteryn.

Brit. /ˌpəʊᵻˈtast(ə)ri/, /ˈpəʊᵻtast(ə)ri/, /ˌpəʊᵻˈteɪst(ə)ri/, /ˈpəʊᵻteɪst(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈpoʊəˌtæst(ə)ri/, /ˌpoʊəˈtæst(ə)ri/
Forms: 1800s– poetastery, 1800s– poetastry.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: poetaster n., -y suffix3.
Etymology: < poetaster n. + -y suffix3; compare -ery suffix.
The work of a poetaster; feeble or trashy verse or versification.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > bad poem or doggerel poem > [noun] > bad or doggerel poetry
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1833 Fraser's Mag. 8 38 Fitzgerald is insulted as much for his politics as his poetastery.
1894 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 205 No more poetry or even poetastery for me.
1932 F. R. Leavis New Bearings in Eng. Poetry i. 12 Then, as we should expect in late Victorian poetastry, we are aware of the pervasive presence of Tennyson.
1977 Times 16 Mar. 11/7 Young singers must find it hard to empathize with the woolly, pretentious poetastery and religiosity of the text.
1997 J. Davidson Courtesans & Fishcakes (1998) ii. 41 The age of wine was a matter of some importance to connoisseurs, inspiring the gourmand Archestratus to heights of purple poetastery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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