posy
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ring with the French posy prenes en gré (“accept this with gratitude”), 16th c.
English
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Etymology
Shortening of poesy (“poetry”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊzi/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊzi/
- Rhymes: -əʊzi
Noun
posy (plural posies)
- A flower; a small bouquet; a nosegay.
- c. 1587, Christopher Marlowe, The Passionate Shepherd to His Love:
- And I will make thee beds of roses, / And a thousand fragrant posies;
- 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
- 'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
- (archaic) A verse of poetry, especially a motto or an inscription on a ring.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 267, column 2:
- Is this a Prologue, or the Poeſie of a Ring?
Derived terms
Translations
A flower
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See also
Further reading
- “posy”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.