poesy

po·e·sy  (p-z, -s)

n. pl. po·e·sies

1. Poetical works; poetry.

2. The art or practice of composing poems.

3. The inspiration involved in composing poetry.

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[Middle English poesie, from Old French, from Latin posis, from Greek poisis, from poiein, to create; see k^wei-² in Indo-European roots.]

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poesy [ˈpəʊɪzɪ]

n pl -sies

1. (Literature / Poetry) an archaic word for poetry

2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) Poetic the art of writing poetry

3. (Literature / Poetry) Archaic or poetic a poem or verse, esp one used as a motto

[via Old French from Latin poēsis, from Greek, from poiēsis poetic art, creativity, from poiein to make]

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poesy

1. Archaic. poetry.
2. Obsolete, a poem.

See also: Verse

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Poesy poems collectively, c. 1300; a bunch of flowers; a nosegay, 1572.

Example: poesy of flowers, 1629.

Thesaurus

Noun

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poesy - literature in metrical form           poetry, verse hush, 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 theme literary genre, writing style, genre - a style of expressing yourself in writing epic poetry, heroic poetry - poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero dolor, dolour - (poetry) painful grief Erin - an early name of Ireland that is now used in poetry lyric - write lyrics for (a song) relyric - write new lyrics for (a song) rhyme, rime - compose rhymes tag - supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes alliterate - use alliteration as a form of poetry poetise, 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 elegy sonnet - compose a sonnet sonnet - praise in a sonnet scan - conform to a metrical pattern lyric - 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"

Translations

poesy

n (form: = poetry) → Lyrik f, → Poesie f (old)