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ethopoetic

ethopoetic adjective: expressing character.

Adjective

ethopoetic (comparative more ethopoetic, superlative most ethopoetic)

  1. (obsolete) Expressing character.
    • a flourish of mimick and ethopoetick gestures1652, Thomas Urquhart, The Jewel

Forms of ethopoetic

comparativemore ethopoetic
superlativemost ethopoetic

Origin of ethopoetic

From Ancient Greek ἠθοποιητικός (ēthopoiētikós), from ἦθος (êthos) + ποιέω (poiéō).

Questions about ethopoetic

What does ethopoetic mean?
Ethopoetic means expressing character.
What part of speech is ethopoetic?
Ethopoetic is an adjective.

Words near ethopoetic in the dictionary

  1. ethopabate
  2. ethopharmacology
  3. ethopoeia
  4. ethopoeiae
  5. ethopoeias
  6. ethopoetic
  7. ethopoiein
  8. ethopoiia
  9. ethopoiiae
  10. ethopoiiai
  11. ethoprop

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