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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of drek (“dreck”) + poëet (“poet”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdrɛk.poːˌeːt/
- Hyphenation: drek‧po‧eet
Noun
drekpoëet m (plural drekpoëten, diminutive drekpoëetje n)
- (uncommon, literary) hack poet, versifier, shitty poet
- 1726 April, review of "Hekeldichten en brieven van Q. Horatius Flaccus", "Maendelyke uittreksels, of Boekzaal der geleerde werelt", vol. 22, publ. by Gerard onder de Linden, page 453.
Zoo dat het den Heere Huidecoper in dien opzigte aen geene ſtof zou hebben ontbroken: maer wat zwerm van verachtelyke ſteekdichten, die vry ſtomp zouden zyn geweeſt, zou hy zich daer door op den hals gehaelt hebben, wat ligue wat ſamenzweering zouden de Drekpoëetjes niet tegen hem gemaekt hebben, zoo wel als zy tegen Despreaux gedaen hebben, om hunne prulſchriften te beſchermen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)