Meanings
comparative more poetic · superlative most poetic · alternative obsolete poetick · alternative poëtic · alternative poetical
- Relating to poetry.
Iambics are one form of poetic meter.
1 more example
Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.
2013 July-August, Sarah Glaz, “Ode to Prime Numbers”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4, archived from the original on 07 Sep 2013 - Characteristic of poets; romantic, imaginative, etc.
- Connecting to the soul of the beholder.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to poetry
adjectivecharacterized by romantic imagery
adjectivecharacteristic of or befitting poetry
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekποιητικός
- Latinpoeticus
- Middle Frenchpoetique
- Englishpoetic
From Middle French poetique, from Latin poeticus, from Ancient Greek ποιητικός (poiētikós) from ποιέω (poiéō, “make”). Displaced native Old English sċoplīċ and lēoþlīċ. Doublet of poietic.
More words from Middle French, Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans digterlik
- digterlikrelating to poetry
Ancient Greek ποιητικός
- ποιητικός (poiētikós)relating to poetry
Arabic شِعْرِيّ
- شِعْرِيّ (šiʕriyy)relating to poetry
Bulgarian поетичен
- поетичен (poetičen)relating to poetry
Catalan poètic, poètic
- poèticrelating to poetry
- poèticcharacteristic of poets
Dutch poëtisch, dichterlijk
- poëtischrelating to poetry
- dichterlijkrelating to poetry
- poëtischcharacteristic of poets
- dichterlijkcharacteristic of poets
Esperanto poezia
- poeziarelating to poetry
Finnish runollinen
- runollinenrelating to poetry
French poétique, poétique
- poétiquerelating to poetry
- poétiquecharacteristic of poets
German dichterisch, poetisch
- dichterischrelating to poetry
- poetischrelating to poetry
- dichterischcharacteristic of poets
- poetischcharacteristic of poets
Greek ποιητικός, ποιητικός
- ποιητικός (poiitikós)relating to poetry
- ποιητικός (poiitikós)characteristic of poets
Hungarian költői, költői
- költőirelating to poetry
- költőicharacteristic of poets
Italian poetico, poetico
- poeticorelating to poetry
- poeticocharacteristic of poets
Polish poetycki
- poetyckirelating to poetry
Portuguese poético, poético
- poéticorelating to poetry
- poéticocharacteristic of poets
Romanian poetic
- poeticrelating to poetry
Russian поэти́ческий, поэти́чный
- поэти́ческий (poetíčeskij)relating to poetry
- поэти́чный (poetíčnyj)relating to poetry
- поэти́ческий (poetíčeskij)characteristic of poets
Spanish poético, poético
- poéticorelating to poetry
- poéticocharacteristic of poets
Swedish poetisk
- poetiskrelating to poetry
Turkish şiirsel
- şiirselrelating to poetry
Ukrainian поети́чний, поети́чний
- поети́чний (poetýčnyj)relating to poetry
- поети́чний (poetýčnyj)characteristic of poets
Welsh barddol
- barddolrelating to poetry
Yiddish פּאָעטיש, פּאָעטיש
- פּאָעטיש (poetish)relating to poetry
- פּאָעטיש (poetish)characteristic of poets
- דיכטעריש (dikhterish)characteristic of poets
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with poetic
Cite this entry
poetic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poetic
“poetic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poetic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poetic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poetic.
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