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po·etic (pō et′ik)

adjective

  1. of, characteristic of, like, or fit for a poet or poetry
  2. skilled in or fond of poetry
  3. written in verse
  4. displaying the beauty, imaginative qualities, etc. found in good poetry

Etymology: MFr poétique < L poeticus < Gr poiētikos

noun

poetics

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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