Poetical
//poʊˈɛtɪkl̩// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Synonym of poetic.
"That our work, therefore, might be in no danger of being likened to the labours of these historians, we have taken every occasion of interspersing through the whole sundry similes, descriptions, and other kind of poetical embellishments."
Adjective
- 1 characteristic of or befitting poetry wordnet
- 2 of or relating to poetry wordnet
Example
More examples"The poppy-covered field has become the summer's poetical landscape."
Etymology
From Middle English poetical, possibly equivalent to poet + -ical.
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