1. a person who writes poetry or composes verse
Usage: chiefly British spelling; American English typically uses 'poetizer'
2. a person who writes or speaks in an affected, flowery, or pretentious manner
Usage: often used critically or dismissively

1. to compose poetry or write in verse
Usage: chiefly British spelling; American English typically uses 'poetize'
2. to speak or write in an affected, flowery, or pretentious manner
Usage: often used critically

Examples

• She has been a devoted poetiser since her teenage years, publishing three collections of verse.
• The novelist tends to poetiser about nature in ways that feel overwrought and insincere.
• He was known as a skilled poetiser whose sonnets were admired throughout the literary circle.
• Critics dismissed him as merely a poetiser rather than a true artist.
• She began to poetiser about lost love in her journal entries.
• The group of young poetisers met weekly to share their latest works.