gooseryn.
/ˈɡuːsəri/ 1. Silliness such as is attributed to the goose. rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [noun]
unwisdomc825
unredeeOE
egedec1175
unwitc1175
unwisdomnessa1200
dusileca1225
dusischipa1225
folly?c1225
kangschipe?c1225
unwitshipa1250
unwisenessa1340
cornardy1340
unwithead1340
lewdness1362
nicetyc1380
sotie1390
folitya1400
follinessa1400
foolheada1400
insipiencec1422
fondnessa1425
wanwita1425
cocardyc1430
foltry1440
jopperyc1440
folliheada1450
fonning?a1475
niceheada1475
foltheadc1475
folabilitya1529
daftness1552
foolageness1563
foppery1592
guckry1596
senselessness1606
coxcombry1608
goosery1642
ineptitude1656
fopicalness1660
fopperishness1683
insagacity1808
spoonery1824
spooniness1824
noodleism1830
addle-headedness1835
foolishment1852
insapiency1876
ineptness1877
goosiness1888
inepticality1923
sappiness1943
gormlessness1958
1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 46 The lofty nakednesse of your Latinizing Barbarian, and the finicall goosery of your neat Sermon-actor.
1897 H. Tennyson Alfred Ld. Tennyson: Mem. II. x. 235 Carlyle. Goldie was just an Irish blackguard, with a fine brain..and a great fund of goosery.
2. A place in which geese are kept; a collection of geese.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > enclosure for poultry > place where geese kept
goose-house1474
goose-par1552
goose-pena1616
goosery1828
1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 293 They set up..a cackle which might rival the din of their own gooseries at feeding-time.
1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 506 On its tiptoes rose the entire Goosery—flap went every wing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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