poetastev.
/ˈpəʊᵻtast/, /ˈpəʊᵻteɪst/, U.S. /ˈpoʊəˌtæst/ rare.
transitive. To write (a work) in the manner of a poetaster. Also intransitive.
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1908 Daily Chron. 10 Apr. 3/2 In the spring the poetaster poetastes as sure as fate.
1909 G. B. Shaw Admirable Bashville Pref. 290 I poetasted The Admirable Bashville in the rigmarole style.
1951 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 6 July 8/8 Aesthetic education is not merely a matter of children daubing..and poetasting their small lives away.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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