2. Noun. A poetic phrase, utterance, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Poeticism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poeticism
Literary usage of Poeticism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Theatre Arts by Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit (1921)
"(Since Borgese wrote this vital bit of criticism, more than one prominent dramatist
has wrecked his piece upon just this rock of false poeticism. ..."
2. The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1876)
"Lysias now completes the reaction from the poeticism of Gorgias and the stateliness
of Antiphon. He boldly takes as his material the diction of the private ..."
3. The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1893)
"Lysias now completes the reaction from the poeticism of Gorgias and the stateliness
of Antiphon. He boldly takes as his material the diction of the private ..."
4. The New Era in American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1919)
"To avoid this, he retreats on to the familiar ground of a poeticism, turns quickly
towards a cliche or a slight aesthetic exaggeration, — and tumbles ..."
5. The New Era in American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1919)
"To avoid this, he retreats on to the familiar ground of a poeticism, turns quickly
towards a cliche or a slight aesthetic exaggeration,—and tumbles suddenly ..."
6. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Fowler 1926 considers it a poeticism; Krapp 1927 says it is “archaic and poetical”;
Flesch 1964 calls it “an ugly, barbaric word”; ..."
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