po·et

[poh-it]

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English poete < Latin poēta < Greek poiētḗs poet, literally, maker, equivalent to poiē-, variant stem of poieîn to make + -tēs agent noun suffix

po·et·less, adjective
po·et·like, adjective
non·po·et, noun


1. versifier, bard.
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Poet is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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poet.

2.
poetical.
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poet or (sometimes when feminine) poetess (ˈpəʊɪt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a person who writes poetry
2.  a person with great imagination and creativity
 
[C13: from Latin poēta, from Greek poiētēs maker, poet, from poiein to make]
 
poetess or (sometimes when feminine) poetess
 
n
 
[C13: from Latin poēta, from Greek poiētēs maker, poet, from poiein to make]

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Word Origin & History

poet
c.1300, from O.Fr. poete (12c.), from L. poeta "poet, author," from Gk. poetes "maker, author, poet," from poein "to make or compose," from PIE *kwoiwo- "making," from base *qwei- "to make" (cf. Skt. cinoti "heaping up, piling up," O.C.S. cinu "act, deed, order"). Replaced O.E. scop (which survives in
scoff). Used in 14c., as in classical langs., for all sorts of writers or composers of works of literature.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
poet.
  1. poetic

  2. poetical

  3. poetry

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Example sentences
IT is a question of some nicety to decide how much must be read of any
  particular poet.
All the pragmatic poet cared about was saving his own life.
The poet's colleagues endorsed the approval of the pit.
The poet's chronic heart disease is a recurrent concern.
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