posy

noun
/ˈpəʊzi/UK/ˈpoʊzi/US

Etymology

Syncopic form of poesy (“poetry”).

Definitions

  1. A flower

    A flower; a small bouquet; a nosegay.

    • And I will make thee beds of roses, / And a thousand fragrant posies;
    • '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.
  2. A verse of poetry, especially a motto or an inscription on a ring.

    • Is this a Prologue, or the Poeſie of a Ring?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for posy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA