Archpoet

/ˈɑːrtʃˌpoʊət/ noun

Definition

The greatest or most eminent poet; a poet of supreme skill and significance.

Etymology

Arch- plus poet (from Greek poietes, maker or creator). The term became especially famous because of 'The Archpoet,' a 12th-century wandering scholar and satirist whose identity remains mysterious.

Kelly Says

Medieval scholars called an unknown brilliant poet 'The Archpoet'—his Latin satires were so witty that centuries later nobody knows who he really was, but everyone remembers how good he was.

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