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versemonger|ˈvɜːsmʌŋgə(r)|
Also verse-monger.
[f. as prec. + monger.]
A versifier, esp. one who writes poor or indifferent verse; a poetaster.
1634Bp. Hall Contempl., N.T. iv. xii, Which of those verse-mongers ever durst write a ballad, without imploring of some deity? 1768Baretti Acc. Mann. & Cust. Italy I. 254 Some few verse-mongers of Rome. 1866Blackie Homer & Iliad I. 120 A set of inferior versemongers. 1902W. L. Mathieson Pol. & Relig. Scotl. I. x. 338 His virtues..were cordially recognised even by the scurrilous verse⁓mongers of the day.
Hence ˈversemongering vbl. n., ˈversemongery.
1836Fraser's Mag. XIV. 488 Earning his bread by scribblement and verse-mongery. 1875Lowell Spenser Prose Wks. 1890 IV. 268 There is little to distinguish it from the contemporary verse-mongering south of the Tweed. |