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Antonyms for poetic

Grammar : Adj
Spell : poh-et-ik
Phonetic Transcription : poʊˈɛt ɪk


Definition of poetic

Origin :
  • 1520s, from poet + -ic, or else from or influenced by Middle French poetique (c.1400), from Latin poeticus, from Greek poietikos "pertaining to poetry," literally "creative, productive," from poietos "made," verbal adjective of poiein "to make" (see poet). Related: Poetics (1727). Poetic justice "ideal justice as portrayed in plays and stories" is from 1670s. Poetic license attested by 1733.
  • Earlier adjective was poetical (late 14c.); also obsolete poetly (mid-15c.). Related: Poetically (early 15c.).
  • adj with rhythm and beauty; related to poetic composition
Example sentences :
  • Hester was greatly struck with the poetic tone of the remark.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • "Poetic simile: I'm going fast," conceded Kirkwood; but he did not smile.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • I might, perhaps, have some poetic flights, If I could sleep o' nights!
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 12, June 18, 1870 » by Various
  • It was while the poetic gentleman was passing by Taffy's house.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • As specimens of his poetic contributions, we give the following.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • I had ceased my poetic visioning and was looking into Marguerite's face.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • I inclose you some poetic bagatelles of my late composition.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • His enumeration of a comparison with other lakes is at once harmonious and poetic.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • These energies remain, nevertheless, distinct from the poetic energy.
  • Extract from : « The Lyric » by John Drinkwater
  • They did not outlive their own poetic sense of the wonder and mystery of the world.
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry

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