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poeticism

noun

A poetic phrase, utterance, etc.

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Word length
9
Starts with
P
Ends with
M
Contains
OE
Scrabble score
15
CEFR level
B1

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noun

  1. A poetic phrase, utterance, etc.

    “Just as ‘hath’ is a poeticism in Keats and an unmarked form for Shakespeare, ‘sogebided’ may have been a poeticism to Alfred and an unmarked form for Qedmon.”

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Just as ‘hath’ is a poeticism in Keats and an unmarked form for Shakespeare, ‘sogebided’ may have been a poeticism to Alfred and an unmarked form for Qedmon.

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