† poetastn.
Obsolete.
A poetaster.Apparently an isolated use.
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rhymera1500
versifier1531
rhythmer1577
rhymester1593
poetizer1599
jingler1600
penny poet1600
poetaster1601
verser?1611
versemonger1634
poetitoa1637
foot poet1641
verseman1652
sonneteer1667
tinkler1689
verse-wright1729
rhymist1763
bardling1813
coupleteer1818
verse-smith1820
poetling1830
versicler1860
bardlet1867
poeticule1872
poetast1892
1892 M. Beerbohm Let. June (1964) 22 She [sc. Mrs Grundy] demands that ‘they bring unto her by and by the head of Oscar the Poëtast on a charger’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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