Etymology

eftsoonery

E1F4T1S1O1O1N1E1R1Y4

Today it means: The use of extremely obscure and archaic language. Full definition →

Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

From eftsoon (or eftsoons) + -ery. Eftsoon, an archaic term meaning "once again" or "soon after", is itself an example of eftsoonery.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.