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po⋅e⋅sy
[poh-uh-see, -zee] 
–noun, plural -sies.
| 1. | the work or the art of poetic composition. |
| 2. | Archaic.
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| 3. | Obsolete.
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Origin:
1300–50; ME poesie < MF < L poēsis < Gk poíēsis poetic art, poetry, lit., a making, equiv. to poiē-, var. s. of poieîn to make + -sis -sis
1300–50; ME poesie < MF < L poēsis < Gk poíēsis poetic art, poetry, lit., a making, equiv. to poiē-, var. s. of poieîn to make + -sis -sis
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| po·e·sy (pō'ĭ-zē, -sē) n. pl. po·e·sies
[Middle English poesie, from Old French, from Latin poēsis, from Greek poiēsis, from poiein, to create; see kwei-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
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Poesy
Po"e*sy\, n. [F. po['e]sie (cf. It. poesia), L. poesis, from Gr. ?. from ? to make. Cf. Posy.]1. The art of composing poems; poetical skill or faculty; as, the heavenly gift of poesy. --Shak. 2. Poetry; metrical composition; poems. Music and poesy used to quicken you. --Shak. 3. A short conceit or motto engraved on a ring or other thing; a posy. --Bacon.
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poesy
c.1300, from O.Fr. poesie, from V.L. poesia, from L. poesis "poetry," from Gk. poesis "composition, poetry," from poein "to make or compose" (see poet).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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