goosery

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English

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Etymology

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From goose +‎ -ery.

Noun

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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.

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