English

geonasty

From geo- + -nasty.

Formed from geo + nasty

Old Norse gjá ‘chasm, rift, crack’

Norn gjo ‘an inlet, gully or cleft in a rocky coast,…’

English geo

Middle English nasty

English nasty

Today it means

noun A nastic response to gravity.

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Etymograph / geonasty

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