different between poetry vs versifier

English

Alternative forms

• poëtry (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English poetrye, poetrie, a borrowing from Old French pöeterie, pöetrie, from Medieval Latin po?tria, from po?ta (“poet”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (poi?t?s, “poet; author; maker”). Displaced native Old English l?oþcræft.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p???t?i/, [?p????t??]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?po??t?i/, [?p?o??.?t??i]
• Hyphenation: po?et?ry

Noun

poetry (usually uncountable, plural poetries)

1. Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.

   Synonyms: (archaic) poesy, verse

   Antonym: prose

2. A poet's literary production.
3. (figuratively) An artistic quality that appeals to or evokes the emotions, in any medium; something having such a quality.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:poetry.

Derived terms

• poetry in motion

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Proyet, Torpey, tropey

English

Etymology

From Middle English versifiour, from Old French versifieor; equivalent to versify +? -er.

Noun

versifier (plural versifiers)

1. One who versifies.
2. (derogatory) An inferior poet.

Hypernyms

• poet

Translations

Anagrams

• verifiers

French

Etymology

Loaned from Old French versifier, from Latin versific?, versific?re (“put into verse”), from versus (“verse”) + faci?, facere (“make”).

Verb

versifier

1. to versify

Conjugation

Further reading

• “versifier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Noun

versifier

1. (Late Middle English) Alternative form of versifiour

Old French

Verb

versifier

1. to versify, to compose verses

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• English: versify
• French: versifier