Usually means: Artistic expression through written verse.
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  1. poesy: Merriam-Webster
  2. poesy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. poesy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. poesy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. poesy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Poesy, poesy: Wordnik
  7. poesy: Wiktionary
  8. poesy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. poesy: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Poesy, poesy: Dictionary.com
  11. poesy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Poesy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Poesy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. poesy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. poesy: Rhymezone
  16. Poesy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. poesy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. poesy: FreeDictionary.org
  19. poesy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. poesy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. poesy: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. poesy: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A poem.
noun:  The art or composition of poetry.
noun:  (archaic) The class of literature comprising poems.
verb:  (intransitive, archaic) To write or perform poetry.

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