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   poetic

   /pəʊˈɛtɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or used in poetry: "the muse is a poetic convention" Similar in verseversemetricalrhythmicalpoeticallyricallyricelegiacrhapsodicrare:Parnassian
   • ▪ written in verse rather than prose: "a poetic drama"
   • ▪ having an imaginative or sensitively emotional style of expression: "the orchestral playing was colourful and poetic" Similar expressivefigurativesymbolicflowerymovingaestheticartistictastefulgracefulelegantelevatedfinebeautifulsensitiveimaginativecreative

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from French poétique, from Latin poeticus ‘poetic, relating to poets’, from Greek po(i)ētikos, from po(i)ētēs (see poet).

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