tuckermanity

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Noun === tuckermanity (plural tuckermanities) (rare) Poetry or literature, especially that which is excessively proper or moralist; literature by or in the style of Henry T. Tuckerman.