l-fawr-myuh-ley-ik, ohr-uhl-] 
| noting or pertaining to poetry of an earlier spoken tradition, as the Iliad, that uses formulas to aid its continued expression. |
| o·ral-for·mu·la·ic (ôr'əl-fôr'myə-lā'ĭk, ōr'-) adj. Of or relating to poetry in which traditional material is improvised at each performance by using verbal formulas as an aid to memory. |