the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts. literary work in metrical form; verse. prose with poetic qualities. poetic qualities however manifested: the poetry of simple acts and things.
An emollient is a cream or ointment with a thick, gooey texture. When your hands are dry and cracked in the winter, you probably apply an emollient to make them softer. Emollient comes from a Latin word with the same spelling, which means âto make soft.â The noun form of emollient refers to a substance that makes something soft. However, emollient can also be an adjective used to describe something with a softening or soothing effect.
salient. 1  prominent or conspicuous: salient traits. 2  projecting or pointing outward: a salient angle. 3  leaping or jumping: a salient animal. 4  Heraldry. (of a beast) represented as leaping: a lion salient. 5  a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.