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Webster 1913 Edition
Poesy
Po′e-sy
,Noun.
1.
The art of composing poems; poetical skill or faculty;
as, the heavenly gift of
. poesy
Shak.
2.
Poetry; metrical composition; poems.
Music and
poesy
used to quicken you. Shakespeare
3.
A short conceit or motto engraved on a ring or other thing; a posy.
Bacon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Poesy
PO'ESY
,Noun.
1.
The art or skill of composing poems; as, the heavenly gift of poesy.2.
Poetry; metrical composition. Music and poesy used to quicken you.
3.
A short conceit engraved on a ring or other thing.Definition 2024
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See also: poësy
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Noun
poesy (plural poesies)
- A poem. [from 14th c.]
- (now archaic) The class of literature comprising poems; poetry, verse. [from 14th c.]
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.10:
- I know not well how to excuse him, in that hee deemed his Poesie worthy to be published.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.10: