poesy
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈpəʊɪzi/
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈpoʊɪzi/
Noun

poesy

  1. A poem. [from 14th c.]
  2. (archaic) The class of literature comprising poems; poetry, verse. [from 14th c.]
    • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 10, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821 ↗:
      I know not well how to excuse him, in that hee deemed his Poesie worthy to be published.
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