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Godwottery

Godwottery noun: affectedly archaic or elaborate speech or writing.

Noun

Godwottery (uncountable)

  1. Affectedly archaic or elaborate speech or writing.
  2. An affected or over-elaborate style of gardening or attitude towards gardens.

Forms of Godwottery

alternative formGod-wottery

Origin of Godwottery

Both senses are allusions to Thomas Edward Brown's short 1876 poem, “My Garden”, which begins: “A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot.”

Questions about Godwottery

What does Godwottery mean?
Godwottery means affectedly archaic or elaborate speech or writing.
What part of speech is Godwottery?
Godwottery is a noun.

Words near Godwottery in the dictionary

  1. Godwinson
  2. godwit
  3. godwits
  4. godwoman
  5. godwomen
  6. Godwottery
  7. Gody
  8. Godys
  9. Godzilla
  10. Godzilla-ish
  11. Godzillaesque

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