POSY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does posy mean? 

• POSY (noun)
  The noun POSY has 1 sense:

1. an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present

  Familiarity information: POSY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bouquet; corsage; nosegay; posy

Hypernyms ("posy" is a kind of...):

floral arrangement; flower arrangement (a decorative arrangement of flowers)

 Context examples 

"They are lovely. But Beth's roses are sweeter to me," said Mrs. March, smelling the half-dead posy in her belt.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

She had a posy of flowers in her hand and another one was lying upon the planks of wood upon which she was standing.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"I guess the princess gave him a posy, and opened the gate after a while," said Laurie, smiling to himself, as he threw acorns at his tutor.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

"Here's your posy, Mother! Laurie never forgets that," she said, putting the fresh nosegay in the vase that stood in 'Marmee's corner', and was kept supplied by the affectionate boy.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

"I'll do my best to gratify you, Sir," was Laurie's unusually dutiful reply, as he carefully unpinned the posy Jo had put in his buttonhole.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)