[poh-it] 
| 1. | a person who composes poetry. |
| 2. | a person who has the gift of poetic thought, imagination, and creation, together with eloquence of expression. |
s poet, lit., maker, equiv. to poiē-, var. s. of poieîn to make + -tēs agent n. suffix
| po·et (pō'ĭt) n.
[Middle English, from Old French poete, from Latin poēta, from Greek poiētēs, maker, composer, from poiein, to create; see kwei-2 in Indo-European roots.] |