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Woosterisms

Woosterisms is the plural of Woosterism.

Meaning of Woosterism

Noun

Woosterism (countable and uncountable, plural Woosterisms)

  1. foppish, affected speech or behaviour
    • Employers, still influenced by a touch of 1930s Woosterism, liked the idea of recruiting a young graduate who had had a fling or two, even if it was with socialism.2001, Tony Vaux, The Selfish Altruist: Relief Work in Famine and War, page 10

Questions about Woosterisms

What is Woosterisms the plural of?
Woosterisms is the plural of Woosterism.

Words near Woosterisms in the dictionary

  1. Woosley
  2. Woosleys
  3. Wooster
  4. Woosterian
  5. Woosterism
  6. Woosterisms
  7. Woosterite
  8. Woosung
  9. woosy
  10. woot
  11. Wootan

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