/poh"euh see, -zee/ , n. , pl. poesies .
1. the work or the art of poetic composition.
2. Archaic.
a. poetry in general.
b. verse or poetry in metrical form.
3. Obs.
a. a poem or verse used as a motto. Cf. posy (def. 2).
b. a poem.
[ 1300-50; ME poesie poesis poíesis poetic art, poetry, lit., a making, equiv. to poie-, var. s. of poieîn to make + -sis -SIS ]