Poeticity

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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

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"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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