Etymology

poetical

po·et·ic·al
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Today it means: Synonym of poetic. Full definition →

Middle English poetical
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  1. Middle English · inherited frompoetical
  2. English todaypoetical

From Middle English poetical, possibly equivalent to poet + -ical.

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