POESY
What does "POESY" mean?
Poetry, or the art of composing poetry, especially in an old or elevated sense.
Meanings
- Poetry collectively, or the art and craft of writing it. He devoted his evenings to the study of poesy and song. archaic
- A short motto or verse, especially one inscribed inside a ring (also spelled 'posy'). The old wedding band bore a tiny poesy on its inner rim. archaic
Did you know?
- The word for a small bunch of flowers, 'posy', is a worn-down spelling of 'poesy' - because a bouquet was once 'read' as a short verse, each flower carrying a meaning.
Word origin
From Old French 'poesie', from Latin 'poesis', from Greek 'poiesis' (a making, creation), from 'poiein' (to make). 'Posy' is a contracted form of the same word.
Remember it
POESY hides POET inside its sound, plus the 'sy' of the sister word 'posy' - both came from the Greek for 'to make'.
A little poem
We call it poesy, the making-art,
and shrink it to a posy for the heart.
couplet
Wordplay
- I gave her a posy and a poesy - flowers for the eye, and a verse so she'd know the bouquet was a poem first.
What it teaches
Every made thing is a poem first: 'poesy' simply means the act of making it well.
Quick facts
What does POESY mean?
Poetry, or the art of composing poetry, especially in an old or elevated sense.
Is POESY a valid word?
Yes — POESY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is POESY?
POESY has 5 letters and 3 syllables.
Where does POESY come from?
From Old French 'poesie', from Latin 'poesis', from Greek 'poiesis' (a making, creation), from 'poiein' (to make). 'Posy' is a contracted form of the same word.
What can POESY teach us?
Every made thing is a poem first: 'poesy' simply means the act of making it well.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.