poetasticaladj.
/ˌpəʊᵻˈtastᵻkl/, /ˌpəʊᵻˈteɪstᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈpoʊəˌtæstək(ə)l/, /ˌpoʊəˈtæstək(ə)l/ rare.
Characteristic of a poetaster.
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poetasting1969
1858 N.Y. Tribune 13 Feb. 4/4 May some good genius save them from such poetastical platitudes!
1947 Times 3 Mar. 8/3 Ford establishes the part of Montgomery as an enthusiastic glider, but loses the inventor in a welter of poetastical talk.
1994 Fireworks in bit.listserv.words-l (Usenet newsgroup) 4 July I am currently composing a..pithy bit of doggerel about the True Meaning of the Fourth of July, which poetastical effort I promise to roundfile.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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