poetic
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The Indigenous Rukai people have a poetic name for these immense firs: 'The tree that hits the moon'.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Ms. de Tores makes wonderful use of this device throughout the novel, offering a poetic abstraction to codify the plot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
I’ve waxed poetic about pre-chopped onions as a doorway to weeknight cooking.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Charles Ives’s remarkable orchestral work “The Fourth of July” was, as film composer Bernard Herrmann told oral historian Vivien Perlis, intended as more than a mere poetic impression of an occasion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
These songs were shaped by the poetic metre of their lyrics, and consequently most of the troubadour songs, even the sad ones, have a gentle, foot-tapping pulse.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing poetic
English Words Derived from French, List 1
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