Having the style or character proper to poetry; = poetic, adj. 3b.

Chiefly literary and poetic. Of or relating to Parnassus, as the source of literary (esp. poetic) inspiration; (hence) of or belonging to poetry…

Of, relating to, or characteristic of Pegasus. Also: resembling Pegasus, esp. in his capacity for winged flight; (hence) poetically inspired or…

In allusive use: designating a source of poetic inspiration; of or relating to poetry; poetic. Cf. Hippocrene, n.

Of or belonging to the fountain of Dirce: used of Pindar, called by Horace Dircæus cygnus the Dircæan swan; Pindaric, poetic.

Having the style or character proper to poetry as a fine art; elevated or sublime in expression.