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Rosy vs Posy - What's the difference?

rosy | posy |

As nouns the difference between rosy and posy

is that rosy is (slang|british) tea while posy is a flower; a bouquet; a nosegay.

As an adjective rosy

is rose-coloured.

rosy

English

Etymology 1

From

Adjective

(er)
  • Rose-coloured.
  • *
    • If I close my eyes I can see Marie today as I saw her then. Round, rosy face, snub nose, dark hair piled up in a chignon.
  • Resembling rose, as in scent of perfume.
  • Optimistic.

    • Etymology 2

    From Cockney rhyming slang, "Rosie Lee".

    Alternative forms

    * Rosie (more common spelling, as per the etymology)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (slang, British) tea
    • I wish a cup of Rosy .
    I fancy a cup of rosy lee.
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    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