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poetic
adjective po·et·ic \pō-ˈe-tik\
: of, relating to, or characteristic of poets or poetry
: having a beautiful or graceful quality
Full Definition of POETIC
2
: written in verse
3
: having or expressing the qualities of poetry (as though aesthetic or emotional impact) <her poetic beauty>
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First Known Use of POETIC
1530
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Rhymes with POETIC
aesthetic, ascetic, athletic, balletic, bathetic, cometic, cosmetic, eidetic, emetic, frenetic, gametic, genetic, hermetic, limnetic, magnetic, mimetic, noetic, Ossetic, paretic, pathetic, phenetic, phonetic, phyletic, prophetic, prosthetic, pyretic, splenetic, syncretic, syndetic, synthetic, tonetic, Venetic
POETIC Defined for Kids
poetic
adjective po·et·ic \pō-ˈe-tik\
Definition of POETIC for Kids
: of, relating to, or like that of poets or poetry <poetic words>
Variants of POETIC
po·et·ic or po·et·i·cal \-i-kəl\
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