'Poesy' definitions:
Definition of 'Poesy'
From: GCIDE
- Poesy \Po"e*sy\, n. [F. po['e]sie (cf. It. poesia), L. poesis, from Gr. ?. from ? to make. Cf. Posy.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The art of composing poems; poetical skill or faculty; as, the heavenly gift of poesy. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Poetry; metrical composition; poems. [1913 Webster]
- Music and poesy used to quicken you. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A short conceit or motto engraved on a ring or other thing; a posy. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'poesy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afflatus,
- anthology,
- Apollo,
- Apollo Musagetes,
- bad poetry,
- book of verse,
- Bragi,
- Calliope,
- Castilian Spring,
- creative imagination,
- Erato,
- Euterpe,
- fire of genius,
- garland,
- Helicon,
- Hippocrene,
- inspiration,
- Muse,
- musical thought,
- Parnassus,
- Pierian Spring,
- Pierides,
- poetastering,
- poetastery,
- poetic genius,
- poetic works,
- poetry,
- Polyhymnia,
- rhyme,
- rune,
- song,
- the Muses,
- the supreme fiction,
- verse,
- versemongering