Poesy Definition

pōĭ-zē, -sē
poesies
noun
poesies
Poetical works; poetry.
American Heritage

Poetry.

Webster's New World
A poem.
Webster's New World
A motto.
Webster's New World

(now archaic) The class of literature comprising poems; poetry, verse. [from 14th c.]

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Noun

Singular:
poesy
Plural:
poesies

Origin of Poesy

  • Middle English poesie from Old French from Latin poēsis from Greek poiēsis from poiein to create kwei-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French poesie, from Late Latin poesia, from Latin poÄ“sis.

    From Wiktionary

Poesy Sentence Examples

  • It is true, we are such poor navigators that our thoughts, for the most part, stand off and on upon a harborless coast, are conversant only with the bights of the bays of poesy, or steer for the public ports of entry, and go into the dry docks of science, where they merely refit for this world, and no natural currents concur to individualize them.

  • Poesy rings were engraved with the actual words of the promise.

  • In the second, the materials of sense are separated or divided in ways not corresponding to nature but after the mind's own pleasure, and the result is poesy or feigned history.

  • For a more modern version of the poesy ring, this company also offers a ring with the words "My beloved is mine and I am his" engraved upon the surface in an old world script.

  • Poesy rings were most popular in Medieval Europe.

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