unpoeticaladj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnpəʊˈɛtᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˌənˌpoʊˈɛdək(ə)l/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and poetical adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, poetical adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + poetical adj. Compare earlier unpoetic adj.

Not poetical; unpoetic. Hence: unimaginative, prosaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > [adjective] > not

unpoetica1635

unpoetical1671

1671 E. Howard Womens Conquest sig. b4^v I cannot chuse but censure the unpoetical, and no less offensive license in particularly designing the persons of any [characters in a play].

1776 W. J. Mickle in tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad Introd. p. cxlix A loose unpoetical paraphrase of the Lusiad.

1861 F. A. Paley Æschylus' Persians (ed. 2) 547 The superlative is here tame and unpoetical.

1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point xxi. 395 Poets began by losing their virginity; and then, with a complete knowledge of..how it was unpoetical, deliberately set to work to idealize and beautify it.

2013 K. R. Johnston Unusual Suspects vi. iv. 257 The entire passage is remarkably unpoetical, written in strikingly analytical, yet colloquial, blank verse.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unpoetical
释义	unpoeticaladj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnpəʊˈɛtᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌənˌpoʊˈɛdək(ə)l/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and poetical adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, poetical adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + poetical adj. Compare earlier unpoetic adj. Not poetical; unpoetic. Hence: unimaginative, prosaic. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > [adjective] > not unpoetica1635 unpoetical1671 1671 E. Howard Womens Conquest sig. b4^v I cannot chuse but censure the unpoetical, and no less offensive license in particularly designing the persons of any [characters in a play]. 1776 W. J. Mickle in tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad Introd. p. cxlix A loose unpoetical paraphrase of the Lusiad. 1861 F. A. Paley Æschylus' Persians (ed. 2) 547 The superlative is here tame and unpoetical. 1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point xxi. 395 Poets began by losing their virginity; and then, with a complete knowledge of..how it was unpoetical, deliberately set to work to idealize and beautify it. 2013 K. R. Johnston Unusual Suspects vi. iv. 257 The entire passage is remarkably unpoetical, written in strikingly analytical, yet colloquial, blank verse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1671
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