puy
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A medieval French contest that gives prizes for singing or poetry
- noun
- /puːi/
- Archaic
:
puy
Synonyms
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9.9
A Welsh festival that happens every year with contests in poetry, music and singing
is an older French society or contest rather than a modern national festival
1
9.9
An exchange of poems in which poets reply to each other
focuses on awarding prizes in medieval French social contests rather than poetic exchanges
1
9.9
A Welsh festival with competitions in music, drama, poetry, and the arts
is a medieval French prize society rather than a modern national festival
Surface Forms
Etymology
Puy comes from an old word meaning 'height' or 'raised place', the same idea as a podium. In medieval France, poets and musicians met on such raised places for contests, so a puy became the name for a prize event.