Meaning of POETIC
| Pronunciation: | | pow'etik
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- [adj] characterized by romantic imagery; "Turner's vision of the rainbow...was poetic"
- [adj] characteristic of or befitting poetry; "poetic diction"
- [adj] of or relating to poetry; "poetic works"; "a poetic romance"
- [adj] of or relating to poets; "poetic insight"
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| | Synonyms: | | figurative, nonliteral, poetical, poetical, rhetorical |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Po*et"ic\, Poetical \Po*et"ic*al\, a. [L. po["e]ticus,
Gr. ?: cf. F. po['e]tiquee.]
1. Of or pertaining to poetry; suitable for poetry, or for
writing poetry; as, poetic talent, theme, work,
sentiments. --Shak.
2. Expressed in metrical form; exhibiting the imaginative or
the rhythmical quality of poetry; as, a poetical
composition; poetical prose.
{Poetic license}. See {License}, n., 4.
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| | Related Terms: | | aesthetic, airy, Alcaic, Anacreontic, artistic, autistic, bardic, bucolic, Castalian, dereistic, didactic, dithyrambic, dramatic, eclogic, elegiac, epic, georgic, heroic, Homeric, Hudibrastic, idealistic, idyllic, impractical, in the clouds, lyrical, melodic, melodious, metrical, mock-heroic, musical, narrative, otherworldly, Parnassian, pastoral, Pierian, Pindaric, poetical, poetico-mystical, poetico-mythological, poetico-philosophic, poetlike, quixotic, rhapsodic, romancing, romantic, romanticized, runic, sapphic, skaldic, starry-eyed, storybook, Theocritean, transcendental, transmundane, unpractical, unrealistic, visionary, wish-fulfilling |
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