Poeticity
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality of being poetic. uncountable
"You seem to think that the whole virtue of tragedy lies in its poeticity; and the softer, the sweeter, the more soul-soothing, the more hushing the poetry is, the better you think it, though the audience go to sleep under your noses."
Example
More examples"You seem to think that the whole virtue of tragedy lies in its poeticity; and the softer, the sweeter, the more soul-soothing, the more hushing the poetry is, the better you think it, though the audience go to sleep under your noses."
Etymology
From poetic + -ity.
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