goosery

English

Etymology

goose +‎ -ery

Noun

goosery (plural gooseries)

A place for keeping geese.
Synonym: goosehouse
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.

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