Word of the Day Monday, February 03, 2014 POSY \ POH-zee \ - TopicsExpress



          

Word of the Day Monday, February 03, 2014 POSY \ POH-zee \ , noun; 1. a flower, nosegay, or bouquet. 2. Archaic . a brief motto or the like, as one inscribed within a ring. This Valentines Day, will your significant other be satisfied with a POSY of love instead of roses? POSY is a variant of the word poesy , meaning poem, poetry. Sometimes called nosegays or tussie-mussies, posies were popular accessories among fashionable women in Victorian England, and, harkening the words literary origin, became vehicles for the floral language of love. newgenesismemphis/index.html
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 12:01:46 +0000

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