Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

poetic license

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables
po-et-ic li-cense
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

US standard spelling of poetic licence.

American usage; Uncountable

Usage

Questions

What does poetic license mean?
US standard spelling of poetic licence.

How to pronounce poetic license

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