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单词 gardenist
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gardenistn.

Brit. /ˈɡɑːdnɪst/, /ˈɡɑːdn̩ɪst/, U.S. /ˈɡɑrd(ə)nəst/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: garden n., -ist suffix.
Etymology: < garden n. + -ist suffix. Compare earlier gardener n. (with which this word is contrasted in quot. 1786).
Now chiefly historical.
A garden designer.Esp. with reference to the landscape garden designers of the 18th cent.
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1786 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 4) IV. iii. 106 The domestic called a Gardiner..will remain the Gardiner, the projector I should propose to denominate a Gardenist.
1841 Gardeners' Gaz. 1 May 279/2 The gardenist may, by the help of planting, increase in appearance the height of hills.
1868 14th Ann. Rep. Iowa State Agric. Soc. 1867 520 The Box was the delight of the old gardenists, who carved from it the most fantastical figures.
1910 J. J. Hissey Charm of Road xvi. 306 The landscape gardenist decries the formal garden.
1988 S. Pugh Garden–Nature–Language ii. 19 The true neo-pastoral style..is found in the poet Shenstone, and it is not coincidental that Shenstone was an influential gardenist.
2001 C. Freeland But is it Art? ii. 43 Designers or ‘gardenists’ like Capability Brown in England earned fame and fortune.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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