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poetical

/poʊˈɛtɪkl̩/ US
/pəʊˈɛtɪkl̩/ UK

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From Middle English poetical, possibly equivalent to poet + -ical.

adjective more poetical · most poetical

Synonym of poetic. 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.
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@misc{poetical_2026,
  title = {poetical},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/poetical},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}