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poet
1[ poh-it ]
poet.
2abbreviation for
- poetic.
- poetical.
- poetry.
poet
/ ˈəʊɪ /
noun
- a person who writes poetry
- a person with great imagination and creativity
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Other Word Forms
- ij· adjective
- ij· adjective
- ԴDz·ij noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of poet1
1250–1300; Middle English poete < Latin ŧٲ < Greek Ǿŧḗs poet, literally, maker, equivalent to Ǿŧ-, variant stem of Ǿî to make + -ŧ agent noun suffix
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Word History and Origins
Origin of poet1
C13: from Latin ŧٲ, from Greek Ǿŧŧ maker, poet, from poiein to make
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The subtle magic of the Shipping Forecast is celebrated in a special concert, in Belfast's Ulster Hall, featuring Radio 4's continuity announcers and a new work by poet laureate Simon Armitage.
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"To find beauty in ugliness is the province of the poet. The most beautiful defeat of my career."
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A Utah state poet laureate pleaded his Republican senator, John Curtis, to protect funding for the arts.
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For e.e. cummings, like earlier American transcendentalist poets like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, paying attention was everything.
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Initially, Nevins was a ballet dancer, a swimmer and a poet.
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