See Also: poesy(dictionary)

poesy (iou)



poesy noun. arch. LME.
[Old & mod. French poesie from Proto-Romance from Latin poesis from Greek po(i)esis creation, poetry, poem, from po(i)ein make, create. See also POSY noun.]
Poetry. LME.
P. Sidney Not ryming and versing that maketh Poesie. M. Pattison The high-water mark of English Poesy.
A poem. In early use also, any inventive or imaginative composition. LME-M19.
A motto or short inscription (often metrical, and usu. in patterned or formal language); = POSY noun 1. LME-L17.
A bunch of flowers, a nosegay; = POSY noun 2. L16-L17.