First Known Use: 14th century
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poet
poet
noun po·et \ˈpō-ət, -it also ˈpȯ(-)it\
: a person who writes poems
Full Definition of POET
1
: one who writes poetry : a maker of verses
2
: one (as a creative artist) of great imaginative and expressive capabilities and special sensitivity to the medium
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Examples of POET
- <Emily Dickinson is famous as the poet who rarely left the house but often journeyed to the depths of the human heart.>
Origin of POET
Middle English, from Anglo-French poete, from Latin poeta, from Greek poiētēs maker, poet, from poiein to make; akin to Sanskrit cinoti he gathers, heaps up
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