Poetic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -É›tɪk

Alternative forms

• poetick obsolete

Origin

Latin poeticus, from Ancient Greek ποιητικός (poiētikos) from ποιέω (poieō, "make")

Full definition of poetic

Adjective

1. Relating to poetry.
• 2013, Sarah Glaz, Ode to Prime Numbers, Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.
2. Characteristic of poets.
3. Description of persons, objects, or ideas that connect to the soul of the beholder.

Antonyms

• prosaic

Related terms

• poet
• poem
• poetry

Derived terms

• poetic justice
• poetic licence
• poetic bent
• poetically