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Poetical

//poʊˈɛtɪkl̩// adj

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Adjective
  1. 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. 1
    characteristic of or befitting poetry wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to poetry wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English poetical, possibly equivalent to poet + -ical.

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