Poematic
(Po`em*at"ic) a. Pertaining to a poem, or to poetry; poetical. [R.] Coleridge.
Poenamu
(Po*e"na*mu) n. (Min.) A variety of jade or nephrite, — used in New Zealand for the manufacture
of axes and weapons.
Pœnology
(Pœ*nol"o*gy) n. See Penology.
Poephaga
(||Po*eph"a*ga) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. pohfa`gos grass eating; po`a grass + fagei^n to eat.]
(Zoöl.) A group of herbivorous marsupials including the kangaroos and their allies. — Po*eph"a*gous
a.
Poesy
(Po"e*sy) n. [F. poésie L. poesis, from Gr. . from to make. Cf. Posy.]
1. The art of composing poems; poetical skill or faculty; as, the heavenly gift of poesy. Shak.
2. Poetry; metrical composition; poems.
Music and poesy used to quicken you.
Shak. 3. A short conceit or motto engraved on a ring or other thing; a posy. Bacon.
Poet
(Po"et) n. [F. poëte, L. poëta, fr. Gr. fr. to make. Cf. Poem.] One skilled in making poetry; one
who has a particular genius for metrical composition; the author of a poem; an imaginative thinker or
writer.
The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,
Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven.
Shak.
A poet is a maker, as the word signifies.
Dryden. Poet laureate. See under Laureate.
Poetaster
(Po"et*as`ter) n. An inferior rhymer, or writer of verses; a dabbler in poetic art.
The talk of forgotten poetasters.
Macaulay. Poetastry
(Po"et*as`try) n. The works of a poetaster. [R.]
Poetess
(Po"et*ess), n. [Cf. F. poétesse.] A female poet.
Poetic
(Po*et"ic Po*et"ic*al) a. [L. poëticus, Gr. : cf. F. poétiquee.]
1. Of or pertaining to poetry; suitable for poetry, or for writing poetry; as, poetic talent, theme, work, sentiments.
Shak.
2. Expressed in metrical form; exhibiting the imaginative or the rhythmical quality of poetry; as, a poetical
composition; poetical prose.
Poetic license. See License, n., 4.
Poetically
(Po*et"ic*al*ly), adv. In a poetic manner.
Poetics
(Po*et"ics) n. [Cf. F. poétique, L. poëtica, poëtice, Gr. (sc. .] The principles and rules of the art
of poetry. J. Warton.
Poeticule
(Po*et"i*cule) n. A poetaster. Swinburne.
