tushery

British  

/ ˈtʌʃərɪ /

noun

1. literary the use of affectedly archaic language in novels, etc

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Etymology

Origin of tushery

coined by Robert Louis _Stevenson , from _tush ¹ + _-ery

Example Sentences

It is not, as you might assume, a costume novel of eighteenth-century tushery.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 5th, 1914 by Various

Should he err on one side, he is in the bogs of tushery: on the other, he commits that fault of self-conscious, over-daring modernization, of which Mr. Shaw has been so guilty.

From Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

I have had to leave Fontainebleau, when three hours would finish it, and go full-tilt at tushery for a while.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

I have had to leave FONTAINEBLEAU, when three hours would finish it, and go full-tilt at tushery for a while.

From Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1 by Stevenson, Robert Louis

If you chose to blur your intelligence by writing romantic tushery, you must remember that by doing so you yielded to temptation just as much as I did when I forged Stevie's name.

From Poor Relations by MacKenzie, Compton