Poet
//ˈpoʊ.ət// noun
noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who writes poems.
- 2 a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry) wordnet
- 3 A person with a creative or romantic imagination.
Example
More examples"The English poet Percy Shelley went so far as to call hell a city much like London."
Etymology
From Middle English poete, from Old French poete, from Latin poēta (“poet, author”), from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “creator, maker, author, poet”), from ποιέω (poiéō, “to make, compose”). Displaced native Old English sċop. Doublet of piyyut.
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