poesy

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   literary: poetry, especially considered as an art or body of writing

   The essay praises the imaginative power of lyric poesy.

2. 2
   noun

   literary: a poem or piece of verse

   She copied a brief poesy into the front of the album.

From Middle English poesie, through Old French from Latin poesis and Greek poiesis ("making, poetic composition"), from poiein ("to make"). It is a literary synonym of poetry and an etymological doublet of poiesis.

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