poesy
noun/ˈpəʊəzi/, /ˈpəʊəsi/
/ˈpəʊəzi/, /ˈpəʊəsi/
[uncountable] (literary)- poetryWord Originlate Middle English: from Old French poesie, via Latin from Greek poēsis, variant of poiēsis ‘making, poetry’, from poiein ‘create’.
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