Unpoeticity

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being unpoetic. uncountable

    "However, in our zeal to eliminate the ‘unpoeticity’ of the translation, we have also got rid of an important asset of the original—its characteristic roughness."

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"However, in our zeal to eliminate the ‘unpoeticity’ of the translation, we have also got rid of an important asset of the original—its characteristic roughness."

Etymology

From unpoetic + -ity.

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