POETIC


Meaning of POETIC in English

pōˈed.]ik, -et], ]ēk\ adjective

Etymology: Middle French poetique, from Latin poeticus, from Greek poiētikos capable of making, creative, poetic, from poiētēs maker, composer, poet + -ikos -ic — more at poet

1.

a. : of or relating to poets : appropriate to or characteristic of poets

the personality truly and naturally poetic seems to be becoming rarer — Edmund Wilson

had no poetic talents at all — Times Literary Supplement

a poetic face

b. : given to or occupied with poetry

a poetic plowman

a poetic family

2.

a. : written in verse

a poetic version of his earlier prose drama

did a poetic paraphrase of the speech

b. : of, relating to, or suitable for poetry or poems

a poetic renaissance

his small poetic output

a poetic subject

3. : having or expressing the qualities of poetry

poetic movements of the whole body — G.B.Shaw

this essentially poetic mode of thought — Kathleen Raine

a darkly poetic architectural scene — Carlyle Burrows

4. : stilted and artificial in diction or style

the prose is poetic in the bad sense — M.D.Geismar

uses the literary and always poetic phrase — New York Herald Tribune Book Review

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.