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posey

English

Etymology

pose +? -y

Adjective

posey (comparative posier, superlative posiest)

  1. (Britain, informal) Pretentious; posturing.
    • 1994, Theatre Record (volume 14, issues 9-16, page 896)
      […] I missed one of Freda's main revelations because I got distracted by the posey glide she was making across the room […]

Derived terms

  • posily

Anagrams

  • poesy, poyse, poësy, sepoy

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poesy

English

Alternative forms

  • poesie, poësy

Etymology

From Middle French poesie, from Late Latin poesia, from earlier po?sis, from Ancient Greek ??????? (poí?sis).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p???zi/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?po??zi/

Noun

poesy (countable and uncountable, plural poesies)

  1. A poem. [from 14th c.]
  2. (archaic) The class of literature comprising [[poems]. [from 14th c.]
    Synonyms: poetry, verse

Derived terms

  • posy

Verb

poesy (third-person singular simple present poesies, present participle poesying, simple past and past participle poesied)

  1. (intransitive, archaic) To write or perform poetry.

Anagrams

  • Posey, posey, poyse, sepoy

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