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Sunday | 10 Apr 2022
Godwottery
[gawd-wot-ter-ree]
Noun
British - late 19th century
- Definition
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Affectedly archaic or elaborate speech writing.
- Examples of word Godwottery in a sentence
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“Noah Zarq speaks in such verbal godwottery that only a Shakespearean scholar could understand him.”
- Did you Know?
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“Godwottery” is derived from Victorian poet and scholar Thomas Edward Brown’s short 1876 poem, “My Garden” which begins with the line “A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot.” Wot is a variant of the Old English verb “wit” which means “to know.”
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