posy
Americannoun
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posies
plural
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a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
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Archaic. a brief motto or the like, as one inscribed within a ring.
noun
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a small bunch of flowers or a single flower; nosegay
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archaic a brief motto or inscription, esp one on a trinket or a ring
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of posy
1400–50; late Middle English; syncopated variant of poesy
Example Sentences
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What if instead of staying in the tomb, she skedaddled with a posy to the Renaissance club scene in Paris and found a new love?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2023
He spoke in a room used by his mother for Christmas messages and in front of a posy of sweet peas and rosemary meant to represent remembrance.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2022
Once, on the way to school in the second grade, I gathered a small posy of pinks for my teacher.
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2022
All that weeding and planting, mulching and mowing leaves one too exhausted for any but the most enthralling books — such as those in this springtime posy of favorite recent titles.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2021
The wallpaper was floral too—a posy of three roses alternating with a snowflake design.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Forget that box of bonbons or bouquet of posies.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 13, 2026
As are the old-fashioned words — like “martinet,” “popinjay” and “annealed” — that Galloway sprinkles through the text, the way Leigh strewed the beloved posies from her various country estates.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2022
Her desk is full of posies, awards, family photos and framed magazine covers from science journals.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 16, 2019
Now we don’t mean you’re expected to go around like a pirouetting Pollyanna, tossing posies at everyone who passes by, but we do want to make a point.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2018
“Human life isn’t all posies and roses. We’ll bring you drama!”
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
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