gottverdummerish

Updated: June 30, 2026

I seem to remember that he left in a rather Gottverdummerish condition. Such is ignorance. Poor Monsieur Pet-airs came out of the commission looking extraordinarily epate. Questioned, he averred that his penchant for inventing forcepumps had prejudiced ces messieurs in his disfavour; and shook his poor old head and sniffed hopelessly.

E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings - The Enormous Room