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tushery

tushery noun: writing that makes frequent use of affected archaisms.

Noun

tushery (countable and uncountable, plural tusheries)

  1. Writing that makes frequent use of affected archaisms
    • Critics have derided the works of Walter Scott as tushery.

Forms of tushery

pluraltusheries

Origin of tushery

From tush + -ery.

Questions about tushery

What does tushery mean?
Tushery means writing that makes frequent use of affected archaisms.
What part of speech is tushery?
Tushery is a noun.
What is the plural of tushery?
The plural of tushery is tusheries.

Words near tushery in the dictionary

  1. Tushepaw
  2. Tushepaws
  3. tusheries
  4. tusheroon
  5. tusheroons
  6. tushery
  7. tushes
  8. Tusheti
  9. Tushetian
  10. Tushetians
  11. tushie

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