goosery

English

Etymology

goose +‎ -ery

Noun

goosery (plural gooseries)

1. A place for keeping geese.

   Synonym: goosehouse

2. The characteristics or actions of a goose; silliness.
   • 1642 April, John Milton, An Apology for Smectymnuus; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I, Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, →OCLC, page 193:

     the finical gooſery of your neat Sermon-actor.

References

• “goosery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.