poetical
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English poetical, possibly equivalent to poet + -ical.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /poʊˈɛtɪkl̩/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəʊˈɛtɪkl̩/
- Hyphenation: po‧et‧ic‧al
Adjective edit
poetical (comparative more poetical, superlative most poetical)
- Synonym of poetic.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV:
- That our work, therefore, might be in no danger of being likened to the labours of these historians, we have taken every occasion of interspersing through the whole sundry similes, descriptions, and other kind of poetical embellishments.