poesy
/ˈpoʊɪzi/noun
poesy is a noun meaning “A poem” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-O-E-S-Y, and it appears about once in every 22 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of poesy is poesies.
What does poesy mean?
noun
- 1
A poem.
- 2
The art or composition of poetry.
- 3
archaicThe class of literature comprising poems.
verb
- 1
archaicTo write or perform poetry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce poesy?
- UK /ˈpəʊɪzi/
- US /ˈpoʊɪzi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-poesy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of poesy
- poesies plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- poesie
- poësy
- poesying participle, present
- poesied participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is poesy?
Poesy appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 141,699th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does poesy come from?
From Middle English poesie (Middle English po(esie) + -esy), from Middle French poesie, from Late Latin poesia, from earlier poēsis, from Ancient Greek ποίησις (poíēsis). Doublet of poiesis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).