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单词 gardenesque
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gardenesquen.adj.

Brit. /ˌɡɑːdnˈɛsk/, U.S. /ˌɡɑrdəˈnɛsk/, /ˌɡɑrdnˈɛsk/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: garden n., -esque suffix.
Etymology: < garden n. + -esque suffix, after picturesque adj. Compare earlier picturesque gardening n. at picturesque adj. and n. Compounds.
A. n.
Chiefly with the. A style of garden design introduced by John Loudon (1783–1843), which put emphasis on the formal or artistic (as opposed to naturalistic) display of plants. Cf. picturesque gardening n. at picturesque adj. and n. Compounds. Now historical.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [noun] > other types of garden
grounda1500
knot-garden1519
back-garden1535
summer garden1589
spring garden1612
spring gardena1625
water gardena1626
walled gardena1631
wildernessa1644
window garden1649
botanic garden1662
Hanging Gardens1705
winter garden1736
cottage garden1765
Vauxhall1770
English garden1771
wall garden1780
chinampa1787
moat garden1826
gardenesque1832
sunk garden1835
roof garden1844
weedery1847
wild garden1852
rootery1855
beer-garden1863
Japanese garden1863
bog-garden1883
Italian garden1883
community garden1884
sink garden1894
trough garden1935
sand garden1936
Zen garden1937
hydroponicum1938
tub garden1974
rain garden1994
1832 J. C. Loudon in Gardener's Mag. 8 Pref. p. iv That species of beauty in garden scenery which we have elsewhere..shown might be appropiately [sic] denominated the gardenesque.
1839 J. C. Loudon Repton's Landsc. Garden (1840) Introd. 8 This change has given rise to a school which we call the Gardenesque; the characteristic feature of which is the display of the beauty of trees, and other plants, individually.
1896 Punch 29 Aug. 102/2 No, by heavens! let the gardenesque perish Ere ever I axe that familiar old thorn!
1915 W. Miller Prairie Spirit Landscape Gardening 35/3 Naturalistic surroundings are in better taste than the gardenesque.
1979 C. Thacker Hist. Gardens xv. 228 The sublime and the ‘picturesque’, cherished for half a century, are exchanged for the ‘gardenesque’.
2005 C. Grove H. Shaw's Victorian Landscapes 127 Shaw's choice of the gardenesque seems extravagant through the lens of history.
B. adj.
Laid out in or conforming to the formal or artistic style of garden design introduced by John Loudon; designating this style. Later also more generally: characteristic of or resembling a garden, as opposed to a natural setting; formal.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [adjective]
hortensial1655
hortensian1657
hortulan1666
hortulanary1715
gardenly1775
gardenesque1833
1833 Gardener's Mag. Feb. 9 More exotics are wanted to render the dell sufficiently gardenesque.
1881 Gardeners' Chron. No. 417. 816 An attempt to give a sort of gardenesque character to a slope within view of the Castle by planting dwarf hardy shrubs in a formal arrangement of beds.
1928 Garden & Home Builder Aug. 559/1 (caption) A gardenesque area (gay with herbaceous plants in season) that has entry and egress by four walks.
1982 T. H. Everett N.Y. Bot. Garden Illustr. Encycl. Hort. X. 3552/1 A wild garden..may include exotic (foreign) species not too gardenesque in appearance.
2009 Victorian Mar. 13/1 In 1834, the Sheffield Botanical and Horticultural Society appointed Robert Marnock as their first curator, who laid out the Gardens in the highly fashionable gardenesque style.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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