verseman

V4E1R1S1E1M3A1N1

noun

A por, especially an inferior one; a versemonger.

Scrabble 13
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounverseman (plural versemen)

plural versemen

  1. A por, especially an inferior one; a versemonger.

    And they have my whimsies, but thou hast my heart, The god of us versemen (you know, child ,) the Sun

    a. 1722 (date written), Matthew Prior, “A Better Answer”, in The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] W[illiam] Strahan, […], published 1779, →OCLC

Origin

From verse + -man.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

verseman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verseman

MLA

“verseman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verseman. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “verseman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verseman.

Source: verseman on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.