- posy
[posy 词源字典]
- posy: see poem
[posy etymology, posy origin, 英语词源] - posy (n.)
- also posey, 1530s, "line of verse engraved on the inner surface of a ring," from poesy "poetry; a passage of poetry," which is recorded in this sense from early 15c. Meaning "flower, bouquet" first recorded 1570s, from notion of the language of flowers.