单词
poesy
释义
poesynounold useuk/?p??.?.zi/us/?po?.?.zi/[U]poetry:Hebelievedhe would have beenhailedmorepubliclyif he had written poesyinsteadofprose.[C]apoem:In the poesies weseethehaplesshunterActaeonstumblingacrossthechastegoddessDiana.More examples
ThetrueLatinword forpoetryis "poiesis",hencethe word "poesy" thatpuristsfavouredin the 19th and early 20thcenturies.
"Poesy" or "poetry" hadstartedbecomingrestrictedtosignifyingmetricalcompositionratherthanprosefrom themiddleof the seventeenthcentury.
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