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posy

/ˈpəʊzi/ UK
/ˈpoʊzi/ US

Rhymes with -əʊzi

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Syncopic form of poesy (“poetry”).

noun posies

A flower; a small bouquet; a nosegay. And I will make thee beds of roses, / And a thousand fragrant posies;
archaic A verse of poetry, especially a motto or an inscription on a ring. Is this a Prologue, or the Poeſie of a Ring?

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noun A flower

Deutsch	Blumensträußchen
Italiano	mazzo di fiori, mazzolino, mazzetto
Русский	буке́т bukét

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@misc{posy_2026,
  title = {posy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/posy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}