English Explanatory Dictionary

poetic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Relating to poetry.
Characteristic of poets; romantic, imaginative, etc.
Connecting to the soul of the beholder.

Pronunciation

/pəʊˈɛtɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-poetic.wav /poʊˈɛtɪk/ /poʊˈetɪk/

Word forms

poetic more poetic most poetic poetick poëtic poetical

Etymology

From Middle French poetique, from Latin poeticus, from Ancient Greek ποιητικός (poiētikós) from ποιέω (poiéō, “make”). Doublet of poietic.

Antonyms

prosaic

Related words

poem poet poetics poetry

Derived words

antipoetic ecopoetic ethnopoetic extrapoetic impoetic musicopoetic mythopoetic nonpoetic poetically poetic bent poeticise poeticism poeticity poeticization poeticize poetic justice poeticky poetic licence poeticness protopoetic pseudopoetic semipoetic sociopoetic theopoetic unpoetic wax poetic

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