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Bulgarian
Etymology
By surface analysis, стих (stih, “poem”) + -о- (-o-, an excrescence for euphony) + плетец (pletec, “tier”), literally “poem-tier”, i.e. someone who ties knots in his poems; this surface analysis is also likely the true derivation of the term. Compare Russian стихоплёт (stixopljót).
Pronunciation
Noun
стихопле́тец • (stihoplétec) m
- poetaster, rhymester (an author of inferior poetry; a bad poet)
- Synonym: стихопле́т (stihoplét)
- Hypernym: пое́т (poét)
Declension
Declension of стихопле́тец
Derived terms
References
- Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “стих”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 463
- “стихоплетец”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010