Poetic \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.
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2. Expressed in metrical form; exhibiting the imaginative or
the rhythmical quality of poetry; as, a poetical
composition; poetical prose.
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Poetic license. See License, n., 4.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
poetic
adj 1: of or relating to poetry; "poetic works"; "a poetic romance"
[syn: poetical]
2: characterized by romantic imagery; "Turner's vision of the
rainbow...was poetic"
3: of or relating to poets; "poetic insight"
4: characteristic of or befitting poetry; "poetic diction"
[syn: poetical]
WordNet (r) 2.0
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "poetic":
Alcaic, Anacreontic, Castalian, Homeric, Hudibrastic, Parnassian,
Pierian, Pindaric, Theocritean, aesthetic, airy, artistic,
autistic, bardic, bucolic, dereistic, didactic, dithyrambic,
dramatic, eclogic, elegiac, epic, georgic, heroic, idealistic,
idyllic, impractical, in the clouds, lyrical, melodic, melodious,
metrical, mock-heroic, musical, narrative, otherworldly, pastoral,
poetical, poetico-mystical, poetico-mythological,
poetico-philosophic, poetlike, quixotic, rhapsodic, romancing,
romantic, romanticized, runic, sapphic, skaldic, starry-eyed,
storybook, transcendental, transmundane, unpractical, unrealistic,
visionary, wish-fulfilling
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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