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poësy

poësy is the alternative spelling of poesy.

Meaning of poesy

Noun

poesy (countable and uncountable, plural poesies)

  1. A poem.
  2. The art or composition of poetry.
  3. (archaic) The class of literature comprising poems.
    • I know not well how to excuse him, in that hee deemed his Poesie worthy to be published.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 10, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    poetry, verse

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Questions about poësy

What is poësy the alternative spelling of?
Poësy is the alternative spelling of poesy.

Words near poësy in the dictionary

  1. poëm
  2. poëme
  3. poëmes
  4. poëms
  5. poës
  6. poësy
  7. poët
  8. poëte
  9. poëtes
  10. poëtrie
  11. poëtries

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poësy (page history and authors); poesy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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