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单词 poesy
释义 po·e·sy
noun
also po·e·sie \ˈpōə̇zē, -sē, -i\
(plural poesies)
Etymology: Middle English poisie poesie, from Middle French poesie, from Latin poesis, from Greek poiēsis, poēsis creation, making, poem, from poiein to make, do, create, compose + -sis — more at poet
1.
 a. : a body of poems : the work produced by poets : poem
  < olden songs and poesies — John Keats >
 b. : poetic form or composition : poetry
  < there is only the one verbal art which is poesy — Herbert Read >
 c. : artificial, precious, or sentimentalized poetic writing
  < the plush curtains of melodrama have been exchanged for the dainty chintzes of poesy — Michael Williams >
2. : posy
 < within the hoop of the betrothal or wedding ring it was customary to inscribe sentences or poesies — W.T. & Kate Pavitt >
3.
 a. : poetic inspiration : creative or imaginative power
  < the bold wings of poesy — William Wordsworth >
 b. : an imaginative, exalted, or idealized quality or spirit
  < of love the poesy, the passion — Robert Browning >
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