poet

¹

[poh-it]

noun

1. a person who composes poetry.

   Synonyms: bard, versifier

2. a person who has the gift of poetic thought, imagination, and creation, together with eloquence of expression.

poet.

²

abbreviation

1. poetic.

2. poetical.

3. poetry.

poet

/ ˈpəʊɪt /

noun

1. a person who writes poetry

2. a person with great imagination and creativity

Other Word Forms

• poetless adjective
• poetlike adjective
• nonpoet noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of poet¹

1250–1300; Middle English poete < Latin poēta < Greek poiētḗs poet, literally, maker, equivalent to poiē-, variant stem of poieîn to make + -tēs agent noun suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of poet¹

C13: from Latin poēta, from Greek poiētēs maker, poet, from poiein to make

Example Sentences

And on “Brand New City,” she takes in the scene surrounding her, noting that “‘You Can’t Hurry Love’ plays on the stereo,” while “We quote all our friends / Like they’re round-table poets.”

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She was obsessed with the French poet Arthur Rimbaud, and aged 17, it was a "seamless transition" to Bob Dylan.

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A transcript of a candid conversation, held when Van Der Zee was 91 years old, is one of two texts that complement the funeral portraiture; the other is writing by the poet Owen Dodson.

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She forms a musical partnership with Lenny Kaye, and begins performing her poetry, with the 19th century French poet Arthur Rimbaud as her spiritual inspiration.

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The daughter of political radicals Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin, she'd enjoyed an unconventional childhood by the standards of the times, leading to an early marriage to the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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Related Words

• artist 
• author 
• dramatist 
• lyricist 
• writer