versifier
noun
versifier is a noun meaning “One who versifies” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-E-R-S-I-F-I-E-R, and it appears about once in every 83 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of versifier is versifiers.
What does versifier mean?
noun
- 1
One who versifies.
- 2
derogatoryAn inferior poet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce versifier?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-versifier.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of versifier
- versifiers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is versifier?
Versifier appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does versifier come from?
From Middle English versifiour, from Old French versifieor; equivalent to versify + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).