What does posy mean?
Posy means A flower; a small bouquet; a nosegay..
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/ˈpəʊzi/ · noun
A flower; a small bouquet; a nosegay..
And I will make thee beds of roses, / And a thousand fragrant posies;
'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
Is this a Prologue, or the Poeſie of a Ring?
Use posy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Posy means A flower; a small bouquet; a nosegay..
Common synonyms include corsage, nosegay, bouquet.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
And I will make thee beds of roses, / And a thousand fragrant posies;
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