- Godwottery
- [gɒd'wɒt(ə)ri]noun Brit. humorous affectedly archaic or elaborate speech or writing.Origin1930s: from the line ‘A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot!’, in T. E. Brown's poem My Garden (1876).
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Godwottery
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Godwottery — noun a) Affectedly archaic or elaborate speech writing. b) An affected or over elaborate style of gardening or attitude towards gardens … Wiktionary
Godwottery — n. joc. affected, archaic, or excessively elaborate speech or writing, esp. regarding gardens. Etymology: God wot (in a poem on gardens, by T. E. Brown 1876) … Useful english dictionary
