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Posey vs Posy - What's the difference?

posey | posy |

As an adjective posey

is pretentious.

As a noun posy is

a flower; a bouquet; a nosegay.

posey

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (British, informal) Pretentious

    • Anagrams

    * *

    posy

    English

    Noun

    (posies)
  • A flower; a bouquet; a nosegay.
  • *
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.}}
  • A motto inscribed inside a ring.
  • * 1602 : , act III scene 2
    • Is this a prologue or the posy of a ring?

    See also

    * nosegay * corsage * bouquet