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poetaster

/ˌpəʊɪˈtæstə/noun

उच्चारण पोइटैस्ट

तुक्कड़, घटिया कवि

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noun
  1. 1

    [C] disapproving

    a person who writes poems that are of poor quality

    तुक्कड़, घटिया कवि

    • The critic dismissed him as a mere poetaster.
    • Every literary age has its great poets and its poetasters.

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§Grammar and usage

The word does not contain taste, and the stress falls on the third syllable, po-et-AS-ter.

इस शब्द में taste नहीं है, और stress तीसरे syllable पर होता है, यानी po-et-AS-ter।

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One-word substitution

A writer of poor or worthless poetry is a poetaster.

घटिया या बेकार कविता लिखने वाले को poetaster कहते हैं।