poetic
/poʊˈɛtɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characteristic of poets; romantic, imaginative, etc.
adj
Connecting to the soul of the beholder.
Example Sentences
- "Iambics are one form of poetic meter."
- "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."
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: poetique, poeticus, ποιητικός
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /poʊˈɛtɪk/
- British English: /pəʊˈɛtɪk/
Inflected Forms
more poetic (comparative)
most poetic (superlative)
poetick (alternative, obsolete)
poëtic (alternative)
poetical (alternative)