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Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (4)
1. of or relating to poetry;
- Example: "poetic works"
- Example: "a poetic romance"
[syn: poetic, poetical]
2. characterized by romantic imagery;
- Example: "Turner's vision of the rainbow...was poetic"
3. of or relating to poets;
- Example: "poetic insight"
4. characteristic of or befitting poetry;
- Example: "poetic diction"
[syn: poetic, poetical]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. [1913 Webster] 2. Expressed in metrical form; exhibiting the imaginative or the rhythmical quality of poetry; as, a poetical composition; poetical prose. [1913 Webster] Poetic license. See License, n., 4. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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
