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Definition of poesy noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

poesy

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