rhymester

rhymester

English

Etymology

From rhyme +‎ -ster.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)

Noun

rhymester (plural rhymesters)

1. A rhymer; a poetaster
   • 1771, Henry Mackenzie, The Man of Feeling, London: Cassell, published 1886, page 117:

     [...] “Whether vanity is the cause of our becoming rhymesters or not,” answered Harley, “it is a pretty certain effect of it. [...]

Translations

rhymer, inferior poet

Bulgarian: стихоплетец m (stihopletec) French: rimeur (fr) m, rimeuse (fr) f German: Dichterling (de) m, Verseschmied m, Verseschmiedin f, Versemacher m, Versemacherin f, Reimschmied m, Reimschmiedin f, Reimemacher m, Reimemacherin f Ido: poeteto, poetacho Volapük: (♂♀) lupoedan (vo), (♂) hilupoedan, (♀) jilupoedan