poeticness
/pəʊˈɛtɪknɪs/rare before 20th cent. In modern use sometimes depreciative
noun
The quality of being poetic.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in John Donne (1572–1631), poet and Church of England clergyman. From poetic + -ness.
- beaux arts
- beaux yeux
- beaver
- beaverboard
- Beaverbrook, Max Aitken
- beaver cloth
- beaver hat
- beaver house
- beaver lamb
- Beaver River
- Beaver State
- Beaverton
- be a wake-up
- be away
- be away laughing
- be a weight off one's mind
- be banging (or knocking) one's head against a brick wall
- be barking up the wrong tree
- be beaten at the post
- be beforehand with
- be better than a poke in the eye with a sharp (or burnt) stick
- be better than nothing
- be bitten by the —— bug
- be blown off course
- bebop