单词 | rhymist |
释义 | rhymistn. 1. A person who uses rhymes (frequently in the way specified by a modifying word). Also: a person who studies rhyme. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [noun] > one who uses rhyme rhymist1762 1762 T. Newton Life Milton in J. Milton Poet. Wks. II. 381 She said, Dryden used sometimes to visit him, but he [sc. Milton] thought him no poet, but a good rhymist. 1779 S. Johnson Milton in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets II. 139 [Milton's] character of Dryden..was, that he was a good rhymist, but no poet. a1808 R. Hurd in J. Addison Wks. (1811) I. 4 Reveal—tell... Bad rhymes... In general Mr. Addison was a bad rhymist. 1849 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 65 456 The ingenious labours of the rhymist may be put on a par..with the tricks of the juggler. 1877 Athenæum 27 Oct. 525/1 They [sc. double rhymes] have taxed the resources of the best English rhymist since the author of ‘Hudibras’. 1929 H. W. Garrod Profession of Poetry 199 If he were a better rhymist, he would find better rhymes to snatch at. 1991 tr. Ibn Sinā in S. Kemal Poetics of Alfarabi & Avicenna ii. 137 Measure is the concern of the musicologist..the rhymist considers rhyme. 2. A person who writes rhymes or verses; a versifier. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun] > minor poet or poetaster 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 1763 T. Percy Let. 8 Sept. in Percy Lett. (1954) IV. 56 The antiquaries who have republished the productions of our old English poets..have been careful to grab up every petty fragment of..Gower, Lydgate, Harding, and other wretched Rhymists of that stamp. a1764 R. Lloyd Poet. Wks. (1774) II. 108 Blest the poet, or the rhymist,..Who..First taught the Muse to play the fool. 1779 W. Cowper Let. c7 Feb. (1979) I. 290 I have this Peculiarity belonging to me as a Rhimist, that though I am charmed..with my own Work while it is on the Anvil, I can seldom bear to Look at it when it is once finish'd. 1802 A. Seward Lett. (1811) VI. 44 The herd of vapid rhymists will make the poets turn disgusted away from such fellowship. 1875 N. Amer. Rev. 120 193 The reason why is the reason the rhymist didn't like Doctor Fell. 1908 Daily Chron. 23 July 4/7 Every man is a poet at heart—or at least a rhymist. 1983 Washington Post (Nexis) 17 Nov. b2 Charles Osgood has gone from good-music station WGMS to fame as a newscaster and rhymist for CBS in New York. 2005 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 25 Jan. b1 I decided to call myself a ‘Rhymist’, Rather than a poet, as a new twist. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1762 |
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