poetess
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English
Etymology
From poet + -ess. Compare Middle English poetresse (“poetess”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpəʊ.ɪˈtɛs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊ.ɪˌtɛs/
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Noun
poetess (plural poetesses)
- (dated) A female poet.
- 1830, Alfred Tennyson, “Leonine Elegiacs”, in Juvenilia:
- The ancient poetess singeth, that Hesperus all things bringeth, / Smoothing the wearied mind: bring me my love, Rosalind.
Usage notes
Poetess is rare in contemporary usage according to which both sexes are known normally as poets. The Latin term for a female poet was poētria, derived from the Ancient Greek ποιήτρια (poiḗtria), which still means “female poet” in Modern Greek. “Female poet” is the more usual modern translation where the gendered form in the original language is preserved.
Synonyms
- poetress (obsolete)
Translations
female poet
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