POET, POETICAL, POETRY
ADJECTIVES
► NUMBERY poetical, metrical, melodious → 1598 obs.
► RUSTY of poetry: rough, unpolished; unsophisticated → c1425 chiefly Sc.
NOUNS
► GAY SCIENCE, THE the art of poetry → 1813
► HARPING verses, poetry, ‘song’ → 1819
► MYTHOPOETRY mythic poetry; also, the creation of myths → 1869
► RHYMING-WARE compositions in rhyme; poetry → 1785 Sc. obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BAIRD a poet or bard; in old laws contemptuously applied to those strolling rhymers who were wont to oppress the lieges → 1825 Sc.
► BALLAD-MAKER a ballad poet → 1565
► BARD 1. one of an ancient Celtic order of minstrel-poets whose primary function appears to have been to compose and sing (usually to the harp) verses celebrating the achievements of chiefs and warriors, and who committed to verse historical and tradition facts, religious precepts, laws, genealogies, etc.; used for ‘poet’ in modern Celtic languages; in Welsh, a poet or versifier who has been recognized at the Eisteddfod → c1450
2. a lyric or epic poet; a poet generally → 1667 poetic usage
► BARDESS a female bard, a poetess → 1822
► BARDIE a minor poet; a humble bard → 1773 Sc.
► BARDLET a young or inexperienced poet → 1867
► BARDLING a young or inexperienced poet → 1813
► BAVIUS an incompetent or bad poet → 1894 (Bk.)
► BAY-LEAF EATER a poet → 1922 (Bk.)
► BEAT POET any of a group of American poets who emerged chiefly in California in the 1950s and were noted for their rejection of social and poetic conventions → 1955 orig. US
► DACTYLIST a writer or poet of dactylic verse → 1785 obs.
► FACTIST a poet or play-maker → 1696 obs. (Bk.)
► IAMBIST a poet or writer of iambic verse; a writer of iambics → 1839
► IAMBOGRAPHER a poet or writer of iambic verses → 1625-6
► LEOTH-SCOP a poet → c1205 obs.
► LYRIC a lyric poet → 1594 obs.
► LYRIST a lyric poet → 1813
► MAKER a poet → 1387-8 obs.
► POETER a poet → 1838 Sc.
► POET-SUCKER an immature or inexperienced poet → 1614 obs.
► RHYME-SLINGER a poet of little repute → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► SAPPHO a poetess → 1922 (Bk.)
► SAYAR a narrator or author; a poetical writer; a poet → c1460 Sc.
► SAYER a poet, a narrator → 1513 obs.
► SCALD ► SKALD an ancient Scandinavian poet; in general, a poet → 1763
► SCALDER a skald; an ancient Scandinavian poet; in general, a poet → 1765 obs.
► SINGER a composer of poetry or verse; a poet → 1560
► VATES a poet or bard, especially one who is divinely inspired; a prophet-poet → 1625
► VERSE-FELLOW a fellow or companion verse-maker → 1592 obs.
► VERSEMAKER one who makes or writes verses; a poet → 1647
► VERSEMAN a man who writes verse; a poet; later, a minor poet or versifier → 1652
► VERSEMONGER a versifier, esp. one who writes poor or indifferent verse; a poetaster → 1634
► VERSER a writer of verse; a poet → c1611
NOUNS – PERSON – OTHER
► BARDIST an adherent or follower of the bards → 1588 obs.
► MUSOPHOBIST a person who dislikes or mistrusts poetry → 1880 obs.
VERBS
► CLIMB PARNASSUS to write poetry → 1774
► MAKE to compose poetry → 1876 Sc.
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