poetry
Meanings
Plural: poetries
Noun
- literature in metrical form
- any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling
- Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.
- A poet's literary production.
- An artistic quality that appeals to or evokes the emotions, in any medium; something having such a quality.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English poetrye, poetrie, a borrowing from Old French pöeterie, pöetrie, from Medieval Latin poētria, from poēta (“poet”), from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “poet; author; maker”). Displaced native Old English lēoþcræft.
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 11
poetry is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordpoetry is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
poetry is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
poetry is a valid Words With Friends word