poeticism

po·et·i·cism

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [poh-et-uh-siz-uh m]
- /poʊˈɛt əˌsɪz əm/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [poh-et-uh-siz-uh m]
- /poʊˈɛt əˌsɪz əm/

Definitions of poeticism word

noun poeticism a poetic expression that has become hackneyed, forced, or artificial. 1
noun poeticism a poetic style or expression 0
noun poeticism a poetic word or expression, now, usually, one that is old-fashioned or marked by literary affectation 0

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Origin of poeticism

First appearance:

before 1840

One of the 33% newest English words

First recorded in 1840-50; poetic + -ism

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Parts of speech for Poeticism

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Poeticism

poeticism popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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