- Godwottery
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a) Affectedly archaic or elaborate speech writing.b) An affected or over-elaborate style of gardening or attitude towards gardens.
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Godwottery — [gɒd wɒt(ə)ri] noun Brit. humorous affectedly archaic or elaborate speech or writing. Origin 1930s: from the line ‘A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot!’, in T. E. Brown s poem My Garden (1876) … English new terms dictionary
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
