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单词 poetastress
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poetastressn.

Brit. /pəʊᵻˈtastrᵻs/, /ˈpəʊᵻtastrᵻs/, /pəʊᵻˈteɪstrᵻs/, /ˈpəʊᵻteɪstrᵻs/, U.S. /ˈpoʊəˌtæstrəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: poetaster n., -ess suffix1.
Etymology: < poetaster n. + -ess suffix1 (see -tress suffix), after poetess n. Compare poetress n.
rare.
A female poetaster.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun] > minor poet or poetaster > female
poetastress1664
poetette1913
rhymsterette1957
1664 Duchess of Newcastle CCXI Sociable Lett. cxlvi. 301 I am but a Poetastress, or a Petty Poetess, but howsoever, I am a Legitimate Poetical Child of Nature.
a1832 J. Mackintosh Hist. Revol. Eng. (1834) vii. 206 Mrs. Behn, a loose and paltry poetastress of that age.
1980 Times 18 Nov. 12/6 Eliza Cook, the pious Victorian poetastress, whose verse, according to her biographer, appealed very strongly to the middle classes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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