Poetic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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