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posied

posied adjective: containing, or decorated with a posy or posies.

Adjective

posied (not comparable)

  1. Containing, or decorated with a posy or posies.
    • In posied lockets bribe the fair.1720, John Gay, To a Young Lady, With Some Lampreys
    • When the cat died, his ashes packed into a cheesy, pink-posied tin and placed high upon the mantel1993, Lorrie Moore, If Only Bert Were Here

Origin of posied

From posy + -ed.

Questions about posied

What does posied mean?
Posied means containing, or decorated with a posy or posies.
What part of speech is posied?
Posied is an adjective.

Words near posied in the dictionary

  1. posicore
  2. Posidonian
  3. Posidonius
  4. posie ring
  5. posie rings
  6. posied
  7. posier
  8. posies
  9. posiest
  10. posigrade
  11. posigrades

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