Gadzookery

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The use of archaism, tushery. countable, uncountable

    "By anagramming letters and altering the order of words, he produces two quatrains, which we content merely to quote as examples of gadzookery."

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archaism

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"By anagramming letters and altering the order of words, he produces two quatrains, which we content merely to quote as examples of gadzookery."

Etymology

From gadzooks + -ery.

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