poet
//ˈpəʊ.ɪt//
Forms
- Plural
- poets
Definitions
1.A person who writes poems.
2.A person with a creative or romantic imagination.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3471
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From Middle English poete, from Old French poete, from Latin poēta (“poet, author”), from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “creator, maker, author, poet”), from ποιέω (poiéō, “to make, compose”).
Displaced native Old English sċop.
Doublet of piyyut.