versifiern.

Brit.

/ˈvəːsᵻfʌɪə/, U.S.

/ˈvərsəˌfaɪər/

Forms: α. Middle English versifiour, Middle English versifyowre; Middle English versefiour, versefyour. β. Middle English versyfyer, versyfyar, 1500s vercyfyer, Middle English vercifier, Middle English– versifier, 1500s versifiar, 1500s, 1700s versifyer; Middle English versefier, Middle English–1500s versefyer.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman versifiur (13th cent.), versifiour, Old French versefiere, -fierre (13th cent.), versifieur (14th cent.), < versifier : see versify v. and -er suffix¹.

1. One who versifies or composes verses; a verser or verse-maker; a poet.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun]

versifierc1340

poeta1382

metrera1387

sayer?a1400

makerc1460

metrician?a1475

metrist?1545

singer1560

swannetc1560

songster1584

muse1596

Castalianist1607

metre-maker1611

versificator1611

swan1613

versemaker1647

verseman1652

Parnassian1658

bard1667

factist1676

poetic1687

minstrel1718

shaper1816

α.

c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 897 He suld fynd ful litel matere To mak ioy whilles he here duelles, Als a versifiour in metre þus telles.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job Pref. The whiche thing versifioures more than a symple redere vnderstonden.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. xci It is seide þ^t versifiours likned þe lelye to mannes inwitte.

a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 4 Wherfore seiþ a versifiour,..‘lat werke ouercome thi worde, for boste lesseneþ gode lose’.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 508/2 Versifyowre (H. versyowre), versificator.

β. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 681 Hic versificator, a versyfyer.a1450 Mankind 746 in Macro Plays 27 As a nobyll versyfyer makyth mencyon in þis verse.1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 13 Omer was an anucient vercifier in Grece.a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxxv Of this noble Prynce a vercyfyer made these .ii. verses folowynge.1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Hiiij^v Euil versefyers mocked be, Yet haue they to theire ioy.1603 S. Daniel Def. Ryme in Panegyrike (new ed.) sig. I This Selfe-loue, whereunto we Versifiers are euer noted to be especially subiect.1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. v. 230 Other pretious things,..describ'd in Malmsbury, tak'n..out of an old versifier, some of whose verses he recites.1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. xvi. 223 More elevated Language, than the fondest Criticks have ever found in any of the Heathen Versifiers either of Greece or Rome.1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. xii. 232 Pope has often been stiled the best versifier in the English language.1828 Harrovian 46 He was a good classic, and an excellent versifier.1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets x. 333 Those purely rustic poems which..have..been imitated by versifiers emulous of his gracefulness.

2. With depreciative force: A mere or poor writer of verse(s); a rimester, a poetaster.

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

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xiii. sig. Gi Semblably they that make verses, expressynge therby none other lernynge but the craft of versifyeng, be..of auncient writers..onely called versifyers.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. C4 Nowe swarme many versifiers that neede neuer aunswere to the name of Poets.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. i. 1 The translator, who..may well be sayd a versifier, but not a Poet.

1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 33 Rather nice and humorous in what was tolerable, then patient to read every drawling versifier.

1657 P. Heylyn Cosmographie (ed. 2) iv. ii. 1013 Philip, whom the Versifier (I do not say the Poet) called Philippus Hispanus.

1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Versifier, a maker of Verses, generally taken in an ill sense.

1781 J. Reynolds Journey Flanders & Holland in Wks. (1797) II. 112 The modern versifiers,..carrying no weight of thought, easily fall into that false gallop of verse.

1821 Ld. Byron Diary in Wks. (1846) 531/2 As different from an orator as an improvisatore or a versifier from a poet.

1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am xi She thought Byron an ephemeral versifier.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	versifier
释义	versifiern. Brit. /ˈvəːsᵻfʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈvərsəˌfaɪər/ Forms: α. Middle English versifiour, Middle English versifyowre; Middle English versefiour, versefyour. β. Middle English versyfyer, versyfyar, 1500s vercyfyer, Middle English vercifier, Middle English– versifier, 1500s versifiar, 1500s, 1700s versifyer; Middle English versefier, Middle English–1500s versefyer. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman versifiur (13th cent.), versifiour, Old French versefiere, -fierre (13th cent.), versifieur (14th cent.), < versifier : see versify v. and -er suffix¹. 1. One who versifies or composes verses; a verser or verse-maker; a poet. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun] versifierc1340 poeta1382 metrera1387 sayer?a1400 makerc1460 metrician?a1475 metrist?1545 singer1560 swannetc1560 songster1584 muse1596 Castalianist1607 metre-maker1611 versificator1611 swan1613 versemaker1647 verseman1652 Parnassian1658 bard1667 factist1676 poetic1687 minstrel1718 shaper1816 α. c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 897 He suld fynd ful litel matere To mak ioy whilles he here duelles, Als a versifiour in metre þus telles. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job Pref. The whiche thing versifioures more than a symple redere vnderstonden. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. xci It is seide þ^t versifiours likned þe lelye to mannes inwitte. a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 4 Wherfore seiþ a versifiour,..‘lat werke ouercome thi worde, for boste lesseneþ gode lose’. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 508/2 Versifyowre (H. versyowre), versificator. β. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 681 Hic versificator, a versyfyer.a1450 Mankind 746 in Macro Plays 27 As a nobyll versyfyer makyth mencyon in þis verse.1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 13 Omer was an anucient vercifier in Grece.a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxxv Of this noble Prynce a vercyfyer made these .ii. verses folowynge.1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Hiiij^v Euil versefyers mocked be, Yet haue they to theire ioy.1603 S. Daniel Def. Ryme in Panegyrike (new ed.) sig. I This Selfe-loue, whereunto we Versifiers are euer noted to be especially subiect.1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. v. 230 Other pretious things,..describ'd in Malmsbury, tak'n..out of an old versifier, some of whose verses he recites.1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. xvi. 223 More elevated Language, than the fondest Criticks have ever found in any of the Heathen Versifiers either of Greece or Rome.1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. xii. 232 Pope has often been stiled the best versifier in the English language.1828 Harrovian 46 He was a good classic, and an excellent versifier.1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets x. 333 Those purely rustic poems which..have..been imitated by versifiers emulous of his gracefulness. 2. With depreciative force: A mere or poor writer of verse(s); a rimester, a poetaster. 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 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xiii. sig. Gi Semblably they that make verses, expressynge therby none other lernynge but the craft of versifyeng, be..of auncient writers..onely called versifyers. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. C4 Nowe swarme many versifiers that neede neuer aunswere to the name of Poets. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. i. 1 The translator, who..may well be sayd a versifier, but not a Poet. 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 33 Rather nice and humorous in what was tolerable, then patient to read every drawling versifier. 1657 P. Heylyn Cosmographie (ed. 2) iv. ii. 1013 Philip, whom the Versifier (I do not say the Poet) called Philippus Hispanus. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Versifier, a maker of Verses, generally taken in an ill sense. 1781 J. Reynolds Journey Flanders & Holland in Wks. (1797) II. 112 The modern versifiers,..carrying no weight of thought, easily fall into that false gallop of verse. 1821 Ld. Byron Diary in Wks. (1846) 531/2 As different from an orator as an improvisatore or a versifier from a poet. 1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am xi She thought Byron an ephemeral versifier. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1340
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