poetesqueadj.
/ˌpəʊᵻˈtɛsk/, U.S. /ˌpoʊəˈtɛsk/ rare.
Possessing the elements or qualities of poetry; suitable for a poem.
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poetesquea1849
a1849 H. Coleridge Ess. & Marginalia (1851) II. 225 Happiness is not very picturesque, or poetesque either, far less dramatic, for it is serious without being tragic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- to put your heads together
- to put, drive, reduce, etc to the last shifts
- to put, etc, under the spear
- to put, lay, lay down or set a thing at stake or at the stake
- to put, lay, lay down or set at stake or at the stake
- to put, or speak with, one's tongue in one's cheek
- to put, set an edge upon
- to put, set an esteem, a high, low esteem upon
- to put, set esteem, a high, low esteem upon
- to put, set etc store upon
- to put, set great store upon
- to put, set one's shoulder to
- to put, set or lay by
- to put, set store upon
- to put, set upon the full stretch
- to put, set upon the stretch
- to put, set, place, etc on the rack
- to put, set, strain, stretch on the tenterhooks
- to put, set, stretch, etc on tenter(s
- to put, set, stretch, etc on the tenter(s
- to puzzle one's brain
- to puzzle one's brains
- to puzzle out
- to quack titles