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Traditional English :: poesy
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poesy.html - n. archaic 1 poetry. 2 the art or composition of poetry. [ME f. OF poesie ult. f. L poesis f. Gk poesis = poiesis making, poetry (as POEM)] |
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Traditional English :: poesy
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poesy.html - n. archaic 1 poetry. 2 the art or composition of poetry. [ME f. OF poesie ult. f. L poesis f. Gk poesis = poiesis making, poetry (as POEM)] |
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Traditional English :: poem
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poesy.html - n. 1 a metrical composition, usu. concerned with feeling or imaginative description. 2 an elevated composition in verse or prose. 3 something with poetic qualities (a poem in stone). [F poëme or L poema f. Gk poema = poiema f. poieo make] |
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Traditional English :: poesy
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poesy.html - n. archaic 1 poetry. 2 the art or composition of poetry. [ME f. OF poesie ult. f. L poesis f. Gk poesis = poiesis making, poetry (as POEM)] |
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Traditional English :: poet
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poesy.html - n. (fem. poetess) 1 a writer of poems. 2 a person possessing high powers of imagination or expression etc. Poet Laureate (in the UK) a poet appointed to write poems for State occasions. Poets' Corner part of Westminster Abbey where several poets are buried or commemorated. [ME f. OF poete f. L poeta f. Gk poetes = poietes maker, poet (as POEM)] |
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Traditional English :: poetaster
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poesy.html - n.
a paltry or inferior poet. [mod.L (as POET): see -ASTER] |
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