poesy

po·e·sy

P0397400 (pō′ĭ-zē, -sē)n. pl. po·e·sies 1. Poetical works; poetry.2. The art or practice of composing poems.

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[Middle English poesie, from Old French, from Latin poēsis, from Greek poiēsis, from poiein, to create; see k^wei- in Indo-European roots.]

poesy

(ˈpəʊɪzɪ) n, pl -sies1. (Poetry) an archaic word for poetry2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) poetic the art of writing poetry3. (Poetry) archaic or poetic a poem or verse, esp one used as a motto[C14: via Old French from Latin poēsis, from Greek, from poiēsis poetic art, creativity, from poiein to make]

po•e•sy

(ˈpoʊ ə si, -zi)

n., pl. -sies. 1. poetry. 2. Archaic. a. a poem or verse used as a motto. b. a poem. [1300–50; Middle English poesie < Middle French < Latin poēsis < Greek poíēsis fabrication, poetic art; see poet, -sis]

poesy

1. Archaic. poetry.
2. Obsolete, a poem.See also: Verse

Poesy

 poems collectively, c. 1300; a bunch of flowers; a nosegay, 1572.Example: poesy of flowers, 1629.

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poesy - literature in metrical form poetry, versehush, stillness, still - (poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night"epos - a body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic themeliterary genre, writing style, genre - a style of expressing yourself in writingepic poetry, heroic poetry - poetry celebrating the deeds of some herodolor, dolour - (poetry) painful griefErin - an early name of Ireland that is now used in poetrylyric - write lyrics for (a song)relyric - write new lyrics for (a song)rhyme, rime - compose rhymestag - supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymesalliterate - use alliteration as a form of poetrypoetise, poetize, verse, versify - compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga"metrify - compose in poetic meter; "The bard metrified his poems very precisely"spondaise, spondaize - make spondaic; "spondaize verses"elegise, elegize - compose an elegysonnet - compose a sonnetsonnet - praise in a sonnetscan - conform to a metrical patternlyric - of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way); "lyric poetry"sweet, sweetly - in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly'); "Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly"; "how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"- Shakespeare; "talking sweet to each other"

poesy

nounA poetic work or poetic works:poem, poetry, rhyme, verse.

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