poetic
pronunciation
How to pronounce poetic in British English:
UK [pəʊˈetɪk]
How to pronounce poetic in American English:
US [poʊˈetɪk]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to poetry
- characterized by romantic imagery
- of or relating to poets
- characteristic of or befitting poetry
Word Origin
- poetic (adj.)
- 1520s, from poet + -ic, or else from or influenced by Middle French poetique (c. 1400), from Latin poeticus, from Greek poietikos "pertaining to poetry," literally "creative, productive," from poietos "made," verbal adjective of poiein "to make" (see poet). Related: Poetics (1727). Poetic justice "ideal justice as portrayed in plays and stories" is from 1670s. Poetic license attested by 1733. Earlier adjective was poetical (late 14c.); also obsolete poetly (mid-15c.). Related: Poetically (early 15c.).
Antonym
Example
- 1. It was no poetic exaggeration .
- 2. This limit , as with any restricted poetic form , is a strength .
- 3. I cannot agree with people who praise the poetic beauty of the countryside .
- 4. The manuscript books in which I had indulged before seemed to demand a certain height of poetic flight , to work up to which I had to find my way by a comparison with others .
- 5. He shifts his register , one moment adopting an easy , conversational tone , the next skewering details to the page with poetic imagery .