- gadzookery
- noun Date: 1955 British the use of archaisms (as in a historical novel)
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
gadzookery — n. (British) use of archaisms (in literature) … English contemporary dictionary
Forthright's Forsoothery — Zounds! Whosoever shall gaze hither may find a trove of long lost words and betimes cry, Heyday! or Gramercy! No, seriously, though: This word list exemplifies forsoothery (sometimes also known as gadzookery ): archaic terms, especially as used… … Phrontistery dictionary