poetic

adj.

1. Of or relating to poetry: poetic works.
2. Having a quality or style characteristic of poetry: poetic diction.
3. Suitable as a subject for poetry: a poetic romance.
4. Of, relating to, or befitting a poet: poetic insight.
5. Characterized by romantic imagery: "Turner's vision of the rainbow . . . was poetic, and he knew it" (Lawrence Gowing).

n.
The theory or practice of writing poetry; poetics.

[Latin poēticus, from Greek poiētikos, inventive, from poiein, to make.]

adjective

Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of poetry: lyric, poetical. See words.

adj

Definition: with rhythm and beauty
Antonyms: prosaic

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The adjective has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: of or relating to poetry
  Synonym: poetical
  Pertains to noun: poetry (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: characterized by romantic imagery

Meaning #3: of or relating to poets
  Pertains to noun: poet (meaning #1)

Meaning #4: characteristic of or befitting poetry
  Synonym: poetical

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - digterisk, poetisk
n. - teorien om at skrive poesi, det at skrive poesi

idioms:

• poetic justice    poetisk retfærdighed
• poetic licence    digterisk frihed

Nederlands (Dutch)
poëtisch, dichterlijk

Français (French)
adj. - poétique
n. - poétique

idioms:

• poetic justice    justice immanente
• poetic licence    licence poétique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - dichterisch, poetisch
n. - Poetik

idioms:

• poetic justice    ausgleichende Gerechtigkeit
• poetic licence    dichterische Freiheit

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ποιητικός, έμμετρος, φίλος της ποίησης, φανταστικός, ουτοπιστικός

idioms:

• poetic justice    θεία δίκη
• poetic licence    ποιητική αδεία

Italiano (Italian)
poetico

idioms:

• poetic justice    giustizia poetica
• poetic licence    licenza poetica

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - poético

idioms:

• poetic justice    justiça perfeita
• poetic licence    licença poética

Русский (Russian)
поэтический

idioms:

• poetic justice    справедливое возмездие
• poetic licence    поэтическая вольность

Español (Spanish)
adj. - poético
n. - poético

idioms:

• poetic justice    justicia divina, justa retribución
• poetic licence    licencia poética

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - poetisk, diktar-, skalde-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
诗的, 诗人的, 诗意的, 诗学, 诗论

idioms:

• poetic justice    理想的赏罚
• poetic licence    诗的破格

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 詩的, 詩人的, 詩意的
n. - 詩學, 詩論

idioms:

• poetic justice    理想的賞罰
• poetic licence    詩的破格

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 시의, 시적인, 시의 소재가 있는
n. - 시론, 시정

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 詩の, 詩的な, 詩人の

idioms:

• poetic justice    詩的正義
• poetic licence    詩的許容

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) شعري, ذو موهبه شعريه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שירי, פיוטי, נמלץ, פואטי‬
n. - ‮חקר השירה, ביקורת השירה‬

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