tuckermanity

Meaning

Noun

poetry or literature, especially that which is excessively proper or moralist; literature by or in the style of Henry T. Tuckerman.

Origin

Coined in or around 1848 by Edgar Alan Poe as tuckermanities (see quote below) from the name of Henry Theodore Tuckerman, an American author, plus -ity. Compare humanities.

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