Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
Broader
nouna writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchversifieor
- Middle Englishversifiour
- Englishversifier
From Middle English versifiour, from Old French versifieor; equivalent to versify + -er.
More words from Middle English, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic نَاظِم, نَاظِم
- نَاظِم (nāẓim)one who versifies
- نَاظِم (nāẓim)inferior poet
Romanian versificator, poetastru
- versificatorone who versifies
- poetastruinferior poet
- poetașinferior poet
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APA
versifier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/versifier
MLA
“versifier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/versifier. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “versifier,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/versifier.
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