poet

(ət)

noun

  1. a person who writes poems or verses
  2. a person who displays imaginative power and beauty of thought, language, etc.

Origin: ME < OFr poete < L poeta < Gr poiētēs, one who makes, poet < poiein, to make: see poem

  1. poetic
  2. poetical
  3. poetry

See poet in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A writer of poems.
  2. One who is especially gifted in the perception and expression of the beautiful or lyrical: [the naturalist John Burroughs] was the bard of the bird feeder, the poet of the small and homey” (Bill McKibben).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French poete

Origin: , from Latin poēta

Origin: , from Greek poiētēs, maker, composer

Origin: , from poiein, to create; see kwei-2 in Indo-European roots

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