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poesy

/ˈpəʊɪzi/US/ˈpoʊɪzi/

poesy noun: a poem.

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
    • We know a poetical young gentleman—a very poetical young gentleman. We do not mean to say that he is troubled with the gift of poesy in any remarkable degree, but his countenance is of a plaintive and melancholy cast, his manner is abstracted and bespeaks affliction of soul:[…]1836, “Boz” [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Sketches by “Boz,” Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Macrone, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    poetry, verse

Verb

poesy (third-person singular simple present poesies, present participle poesying, simple past and past participle poesied)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To write or perform poetry.

poesy meaning in Tamil and Kannada

poesy in Tamil

பாவன்மை, பாத்தொகை, செய்யுட்கலை

poesy in Kannada

ಕಾವ್ಯಕಲೆ, ಕಾವ್ಯರಚನೆ, ಕಾವ್ಯ, ಕಾವ್ಯಕೃತಿ, ಕಾವ್ಯ ಸಮುದಾಯ

Synonyms of poesy

Forms of poesy

Noun
pluralpoesies
alternative formpoesie
alternative formpoësy
Verb
third-person singular presentpoesies
present participlepoesying
past participlepoesied
pastpoesied

Origin of poesy

From Middle English poesie (Middle English po(esie) + -esy), from Middle French poesie, from Late Latin poesia, from earlier poēsis, from Ancient Greek ποίησις (poíēsis). Doublet of poiesis.

Words formed from poesy

Questions about poesy

What does poesy mean?
Poesy means a poem.
What is poesy in Tamil?
Poesy in Tamil is பாவன்மை, பாத்தொகை, செய்யுட்கலை. See Poesy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is poesy?
Poesy can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce poesy?
Poesy is pronounced /ˈpəʊɪzi/ (UK).
What is the plural of poesy?
The plural of poesy is poesies.

Words near poesy in the dictionary

  1. poesied
  2. poesies
  3. poesiless
  4. poesiology
  5. Poesque
  6. poesy
  7. poesying
  8. poet
  9. poet blouse
  10. poet blouses
  11. poet laureate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poesy (page history and authors); poesy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); poesy (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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