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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

poetic
    adj 1: of or relating to poetry; "poetic works"; "a poetic
           romance" [syn: poetic, poetical]
    2: characterized by romantic imagery; "Turner's vision of the
       rainbow...was poetic"
    3: of or relating to poets; "poetic insight"
    4: characteristic of or befitting poetry; "poetic diction" [syn:
       poetic, poetical]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Poetic \Po*et"ic\, Poetical \Po*et"ic*al\, a. [L. po["e]ticus,
   Gr. ?: cf. F. po['e]tiquee.]
   1. Of or pertaining to poetry; suitable for poetry, or for
      writing poetry; as, poetic talent, theme, work,
      sentiments. --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Expressed in metrical form; exhibiting the imaginative or
      the rhythmical quality of poetry; as, a poetical
      composition; poetical prose.
      [1913 Webster]

   Poetic license. See License, n., 4.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Poetic:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Alcaic, Anacreontic, Castalian, Homeric, Hudibrastic, Parnassian, Pierian, Pindaric, Theocritean, aesthetic, airy, artistic, autistic, bardic, bucolic, dereistic, didactic, dithyrambic, dramatic, eclogic, elegiac, epic, georgic, heroic, idealistic, idyllic, impractical, in the clouds, lyrical, melodic, melodious, metrical, mock-heroic, musical, narrative, otherworldly, pastoral, poetical, poetico-mystical, poetico-mythological, poetico-philosophic, poetlike, quixotic, rhapsodic, romancing, romantic, romanticized, runic, sapphic, skaldic, starry-eyed, storybook, transcendental, transmundane, unpractical, unrealistic, visionary, wish-fulfilling

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