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poem | noel |

As a verb poem

is .

As a noun noel is

.

poem

English

Alternative forms

* (rare or archaic) * poeme (rare or archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A literary piece written in verse.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Sarah Glaz
  • , title= Ode to Prime Numbers , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Some poems , echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.}}
  • A piece of writing in the tradition of poetry, an instance of poetry.
  • A piece of poetic writing, that is with an intensity or depth of expression or inspiration greater than is usual in prose.
  • Derived terms

    * echo poem * prose poem * shape poem * visual poem

    Holonyms

    * poetry

    Anagrams

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    noel

    English

    (wikipedia Noel)

    Alternative forms

    *

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (literary, or, old-fashioned) Christmas.
  • Etymology 2

    From Noel in the sense of Christmas; given since Middle Ages to children born at Christmastide.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
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  • * 2009 , A Gate at the Stairs , Faber and Faber, ISBN 978-0-571-24946-6, page 162:
  • When Noel' came, noisily bursting through the back door with buckets of cleansers and sponges, I introduced myself. "Just call me No''elle''," he said of himself. "When I was little they used to call me '''Noel''', ' Noel , the toilet bowl. Although now I have thought of painting that on the side of my van. It might be good for business? I don't know."
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  • Anagrams

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