Engineering work, skill, or the practice of engineering; sometimes used to mean cleverness or trickery.
From engineer plus -ry (indicating practice or work). This suffix appears in words like pottery and witchery, turning professions into abstract concepts.
Engineery can mean both legitimate mechanical skill AND sneaky manipulation—the double meaning reflects how people felt about early engineers as both brilliant problem-solvers and cunning tricksters!
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