poetic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: po=et=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

poetic, a. [L. poëticus, Gr. : cf. F. poétiquee.].

•  Of or pertaining to poetry; suitable for poetry, or for writing poetry; as, poetic talent, theme, work, sentiments.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

poetic, adj. (also poetical)
1 a of or like poetry or poets. b written in verse.
2 elevated or sublime in expression.

Idiom

poetic justice well-deserved unforeseen retribution or reward. poetic licence a writer's or artist's transgression of established rules for effect.

Derivative

poetically adv.

Etymology

F po{eacute}tique f. L poeticus f. Gk poetikos (as POET)

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

poetic

Vigor

N vigor, power, force, boldness, raciness, intellectual, force, spirit, point, antithesis, piquance, piquancy, verve, glow, fire, warmth, strong language, gravity, sententiousness, elevation, loftiness, sublimity, eloquence, command of words, command of language, vigorous, nervous, powerful, forcible, trenchant, incisive, impressive, sensational, spirited, lively, glowing, sparkling, racy, bold, slashing, pungent, piquant, full of point, pointed, pithy, antithetical, sententious, lofty, elevated, sublime, eloquent, vehement, petulant, impassioned, poetic, in glowing terms, in good set terms, in no measured terms, thoughts that breath and words that burn.

Poetry

N poetry, poetics, poesy, Muse, Calliope, tuneful Nine, Parnassus, Helicon, Pierides, Pierian spring, versification, rhyming, making verses, prosody, orthometry, poem, epic, epic poem, epopee, epopoea, ode, epode, idyl, lyric, eclogue, pastoral, bucolic, dithyramb, anacreontic, sonnet, roundelay, rondeau, rondo, madrigal, canzonet, cento, monody, elegy, amoebaeum, ghazal, palinode, dramatic poetry, lyric poetry, opera, posy, anthology, disjecta membra poetae song, ballad, lay, love song, drinking song, war song, sea song, lullaby, music, nursery rhymes, doggerel, Hudibrastic verse, prose run mad, macaronics, macaronic verse, leonine verse, runes, canto, stanza, distich, verse, line, couplet, triplet, quatrain, strophe, antistrophe, verse, rhyme, assonance, crambo, meter, measure, foot, numbers, strain, rhythm, accentuation, dactyl, spondee, trochee, anapest, hexameter, pentameter, Alexandrine, anacrusis, antispast, blank verse, ictus, elegiacs, elegiac verse, elegaic meter, elegaic poetry, poet, poet laureate, laureate, bard, lyrist, scald, skald, troubadour, trouvere, minstrel, minnesinger, meistersinger, improvisatore, versifier, sonneteer, rhymer, rhymist, rhymester, ballad monger, runer, poetaster, genus irritabile vatum, poetic, poetical, lyric, lyrical, tuneful, epic, dithyrambic, metrical, a catalectin, elegiac, iambic, trochaic, anapestic, amoebaeic, Melibean, skaldic, Ionic, Sapphic, Alcaic, Pindaric, a poem round and perfect as a star, Dichtung und Wahrheit, furor poeticus, his virtues formed the magic of his song, I do but sing because I must, I learnt life from the poets, licentia vatum, mutum est pictura poema, O for a muse of fire!, sweet food of sweetly uttered knowledge, the true poem is the poet's mind, Volk der Dichter und Denker, wisdom married to immortal verse.