gadzookery

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The use of archaism, tushery.

   “By anagramming letters and altering the order of words, he produces two quatrains, which we content merely to quote as examples of gadzookery.”

   “Her spare prose and dialogue give a period flavour without the dread excesses of gadzookery.”

   “The cladding is often gadzookery but the story motifs […]”

   “[…] inspiring a whole genre of pseudo-Elizabethan fiction, sometimes described as "tushery" or "gadzookery."”

   “[…] a middle course, avoiding both Gadzookery and modern colloquialism […]”