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A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Posy ♀ Pet form (originally a nursery version) of Josephine. It has also been associated with the vocabulary word posy ‘bunch of flowers’ (originally a collection of verses, from poesy ‘poetry’). It is occasionally used as an independent given name, fitting into the series of names associated with flowers that arose in the 19th century.

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Posy

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms | 1985 | Copyright

Posy

a collection or bouquet of flowers; of poetry or rhetoric, 1569. See also bouquet, nosegay, poesy.

Examples : posy of flowers, 1565; of hyssop, 1866; of marjorum, 1742; of literary pieces, 1612; of poetry; of rhetoric, 1569; of roses, 1593.

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posy

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

po·sy¹ / ˈpōzē/ • n. (pl. -sies) 1. a small bunch of flowers. 2. archaic a short motto or line of verse inscribed inside a ring. po·sy² • adj. variant spelling of posey.

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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

posy a short motto or line of verse inscribed inside a ring, typically in patterned language such as an acrostic. The word is a contraction (in late Middle English) of poesy.

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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "posy." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

posy
A. (arch.) motto, orig. line of verse;

B. nosegay. XVI. contr. form of POESY.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

posy •jazzy, snazzy •palsy-walsy • Ramsay •pansy, tansy •Anasazi, Ashkenazi, Ashkenazy, Benghazi, Ghazi, kamikaze, khazi, Stasi, Swazi •prezzie •frenzy, Mackenzie •Bel Paese, Buthelezi, crazy, daisy, Farnese, glazy, hazy, lazy, Maisie, mazy, oops-a-daisy, Piranesi, upsy-daisy, Veronese •stir-crazy •breezy, cheesy, easy, easy-peasy, Kesey, Parcheesi, queasy, sleazy, wheezy, Zambezi •teensy • speakeasy •busy, dizzy, fizzy, frizzy, Izzy, Lizzie, tizzy •flimsy, whimsy •Kinsey, Lindsay, Lynsey •poesy •Aussie, cossie, mossie •Swansea • gauzy • causey •ballsy, palsy •blowsy, Dalhousie, drowsy, frowzy, housey-housey, lousy •cosy (US cozy), dozy, Josie, mafiosi, mosey, nosy, posey, posy, prosy, Rosie, rosy •Boise, noisy

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