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‖ topiarius|təʊpɪˈɛərɪəs|
[L. adj. ‘of or belonging to ornamental gardening’; n. ‘an ornamental gardener’: see topia and -ary1.]
One skilled in fanciful landscape-gardening.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Topiarius, a Gardener that orders Arbours or Bowers; or that makes divers Kinds of Knots and Devices in Plants, as they grow. 1896Edin. Rev. July 162 The zeal of the topiarius..tortured the bushes into extravagant forms. 1907Ibid. Jan. 150 The shrubs clipped and pruned by the ‘topiarius’. |