rare. [badly f. Gr. ἔπο-ς EPOS + -IST.] A writer of epic poetry.
1842. Mrs. Browning, Grk. Chr. Poets, 22. Apollinarius, an epoist, dramatist, lyrist.
1863. Browning, Sordello, headline, Wks. III. 418. Successively that of epoist, dramatist, or analyst.
