POESY Definition & Meaning

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poesy

[ poh-uh-see, -zee ]

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noun

plural poesies.

the work or the art of poetic composition.
Archaic.
1. poetry in general.
2. verse or poetry in metrical form.
Obsolete.
1. a poem or verse used as a motto. Compare posy ( def 2 ).
2. a poem.

poesy

/ ˈ��əʊɪ��ɪ /

noun

an archaic word for poetry
poetic.
the art of writing poetry
archaic.
a poem or verse, esp one used as a motto

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of poesy¹

1300–50; Middle English poesie < Middle French < Latin ��ŧ�� < Greek ��íŧ�� poetic art, poetry, literally, a making, equivalent to ��Ǿ�ŧ-, variant stem of ��Ǿ��î�� to make + -sis -sis

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of poesy¹

C14: via Old French from Latin ��ŧ��, from Greek, from ��Ǿ�ŧ�� poetic art, creativity, from poiein to make

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Andrew Lloyd Webber’s adaptation of T. S. Eliot’s feline poesy ends its Broadway revival.

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To learn grammar was to appreciate the book’s poesy, which in turn was to break open a once-inaccessible text.

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In rehearsals, the cast members binge on Shakespeare films and take vocabulary quizzes, all of which contributes to their ease with words like “spake” or “poesies.”

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Some are full-blown scripts, such as the piracy/poesy plays “The Pirate Laureate of Port Town” and “The Pirate Laureate and the King of the Sea,” by company member Zachary Fernebok.

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She said that the name posy related to the French word for poem - poesy.

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