poetessn.

Brit.

/pəʊᵻˈtɛs/,

/ˈpəʊᵻtᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈpoʊədəs/

Forms: see poet n. and -ess suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: poet n., -ess suffix¹.

Etymology: < poet n. + -ess suffix¹, probably after Middle French poetisse, poetesse (1422–25; French poétesse , †poetisse ). Compare post-classical Latin poetissa (c550 in a British source), Catalan poetessa (1507), Spanish poetisa (1494 as poetissa ), Italian poetessa (a1333). Compare earlier poetress n.

A female poet; a woman who composes poetry.The gender-neutral poet is now often preferred.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun] > female poet

poetress?a1475

poetess1531

songstress1684

versificatrix1784

bardess1822

1531 W. Tyndale Answere Mores Dialoge f. lvii Our lady hath..emptyed her of moch hie lerninge which as a goodly poetisse she vttered in rimes.

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 186 The heauenly deuises of the delitious Poetesse Sappho.

1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. xxii. 34 [They] admitted the chief she-Poets, or Poetesses, into Parnassus.

a1668 W. D'Avenant Mans the Master (1669) ii. 20 My Grandmother was a Poetess, and a great observer of love.

1704 W. M. Female Wits Dram. Pers. sig. A4^v A Poetess, that admires her own Works, and a great Lover of Flattery.

1748 Lady Luxborough Let. 28 Apr. in Lett. to W. Shenstone (1775) 21 I am no Poetess; which reproachful name I would avoid, even if I were capable of acquiring it.

1773 B. Franklin in Papers (1976) XX. 291 I went to see the black Poetess [sc. Phillis Wheatley] and offer'd her any Services I could do her.

1830 W. Wordsworth in C. Wordsworth Mem. (1851) II. 226 British poetesses make but a poor figure in the ‘Poems by Eminent Ladies’.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets v. 129 Among the ancients Sappho enjoyed a unique renown. She was called ‘the poetess’, as Homer was called ‘the poet’.

1903 Academy 17 Jan. 71/1 Jesse Berridge is a poet, not a poetess, to use a somewhat outmoded word.

1993 M. Angelou Wouldn't take Nothing for my Journey Now i. 6 She must resist considering herself a lesser version of her male counterpart. She is not a sculptress, poetess, authoress, Jewess, Negress, or even (now rare) in university parlance a rectoress.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	poetess
释义	poetessn. Brit. /pəʊᵻˈtɛs/, /ˈpəʊᵻtᵻs/, U.S. /ˈpoʊədəs/ Forms: see poet n. and -ess suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: poet n., -ess suffix¹. Etymology: < poet n. + -ess suffix¹, probably after Middle French poetisse, poetesse (1422–25; French poétesse , †poetisse ). Compare post-classical Latin poetissa (c550 in a British source), Catalan poetessa (1507), Spanish poetisa (1494 as poetissa ), Italian poetessa (a1333). Compare earlier poetress n. A female poet; a woman who composes poetry.The gender-neutral poet is now often preferred. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun] > female poet poetress?a1475 poetess1531 songstress1684 versificatrix1784 bardess1822 1531 W. Tyndale Answere Mores Dialoge f. lvii Our lady hath..emptyed her of moch hie lerninge which as a goodly poetisse she vttered in rimes. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 186 The heauenly deuises of the delitious Poetesse Sappho. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. xxii. 34 [They] admitted the chief she-Poets, or Poetesses, into Parnassus. a1668 W. D'Avenant Mans the Master (1669) ii. 20 My Grandmother was a Poetess, and a great observer of love. 1704 W. M. Female Wits Dram. Pers. sig. A4^v A Poetess, that admires her own Works, and a great Lover of Flattery. 1748 Lady Luxborough Let. 28 Apr. in Lett. to W. Shenstone (1775) 21 I am no Poetess; which reproachful name I would avoid, even if I were capable of acquiring it. 1773 B. Franklin in Papers (1976) XX. 291 I went to see the black Poetess [sc. Phillis Wheatley] and offer'd her any Services I could do her. 1830 W. Wordsworth in C. Wordsworth Mem. (1851) II. 226 British poetesses make but a poor figure in the ‘Poems by Eminent Ladies’. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets v. 129 Among the ancients Sappho enjoyed a unique renown. She was called ‘the poetess’, as Homer was called ‘the poet’. 1903 Academy 17 Jan. 71/1 Jesse Berridge is a poet, not a poetess, to use a somewhat outmoded word. 1993 M. Angelou Wouldn't take Nothing for my Journey Now i. 6 She must resist considering herself a lesser version of her male counterpart. She is not a sculptress, poetess, authoress, Jewess, Negress, or even (now rare) in university parlance a rectoress. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1531
随便看	telephone stud telephone survey telephone switchboard telephone system telephone table telephone tag telephone tap telephone tapper telephone tapping telephone token telephone transmitter telephone tree telephone trumpet telephone user telephone voice telephone wire telephoned telephoner telephoners telephones telephonetics telephonic telephonically telephonies telephoning