Definitions for poetess

poetess po·et·ess

Spelling: [poh-i-tis]
IPA: /ˈpoʊ ɪ tɪs/

Poetess is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 137 anagrams from letters in poetess (eeopsst).

Definitions for poetess

noun

  1. a woman who writes poetry.

Origin of poetess

First recorded in 1520-30; poet + -ess

Examples for poetess

The poetess was born at Eyam in Derbyshire, where her father was then the Rector.

Gulnare was represented by a girl with the body of a Peri and the soul of a poetess.

How, at his age, could he see the distinction between the poetess and the Woman?

"I think our Aggie is going to be a poetess," said Tess, to Ruth, secretly.

But a poetess must have experienced all feelings, or she could not describe them.

"You are decking yourself in borrowed feathers, poetess," replied he, laughing.

The lines of Mrs Sigourney, the American poetess, please me most.

But it was not her religion which supplied the poetess with this pretty fancy.

Is the quintessential Afghan woman Nila, the dramatic Kabul socialite turned Parisian poetess?

After Ansaldo's death, we hear nothing more about the poetess.

Word Value for poetess
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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