Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a poem.

Etymologies

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poem +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Then the 55-year-old pastor with spiked gray hair and blue jeans launches into his weekly welcome, a poemlike litany that includes the line "queer or straight here, there's no hate here."

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2009

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