godwotteryn.

Brit.

/ˌɡɒdˈwɒt(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈɡɑdˌwɑdəri/

Forms: also with upper-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: God wot at god n. and int. Phrases 1d(a), -ery suffix.

Etymology: < God wot at god n. and int. Phrases 1d(a) + -ery suffix, apparently with allusion to the line ‘A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot!’ in T. E. Brown's poem My Garden: see quot. 1893 at god n. and int. Phrases 1d(a)(ii).

Gardening or garden design in an affected, fussily decorative, or over-elaborate style; an instance of this. Also: archaic and affected language.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > [noun] > types of gardening

curtilagec1430

kitchen gardening?1700

landscape-gardeninga1763

picturesque gardeninga1763

window gardening1801

landscape architecture1840

rock gardening1840

market gardening1852

water gardening1870

wild gardening1870

olericulture1886

market work1887

trucking1897

tub-gardening1904

landscaping1930

greenswardsmanship1936

godwottery1937

sand gardening1960

xeriscaping1987

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > pseudo-archaic style

pseudo-archaism1877

tushery1883

godwottery1937

1937 Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Mar. 13/4 Many readers..can enjoy a little ‘God-wottery’.

1939 N. Lofts Colin Lowrie (Author's note) I have written this so-called historical novel in so-called modern language... I am foolish enough to believe that people..will appreciate this lack of ‘God-wottery’.

1952 Archit. Rev. 112 235 He plays fast and loose with the average Englishman's sentimental leanings towards God~wottery, drawing his clichés from the Cotswolds where, it is widely believed, lie the typical English villages and the homeland of the picturesque.

1960 ‘A. Burgess’ Right to Answer i. 7 Who shall describe..those semi-detacheds with the pebble-dash.., the tiny gates which you could step over, the god-wottery in the toy gardens?

1969 Guardian 18 Aug. 7/1 ‘Godwottery’, the sentimental preconception of what a garden should be, results in a very strange collection of elements.

2006 Denver Post (Nexis) 31 Mar. If you'd like to create a godwottery of your own, you might consider ‘sundials, gnomes, fairies, plastic sculptures, fake rockery, pump-driven streams and wrought-iron furniture’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	godwottery
释义	godwotteryn. Brit. /ˌɡɒdˈwɒt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈɡɑdˌwɑdəri/ Forms: also with upper-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: God wot at god n. and int. Phrases 1d(a), -ery suffix. Etymology: < God wot at god n. and int. Phrases 1d(a) + -ery suffix, apparently with allusion to the line ‘A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot!’ in T. E. Brown's poem My Garden: see quot. 1893 at god n. and int. Phrases 1d(a)(ii). Gardening or garden design in an affected, fussily decorative, or over-elaborate style; an instance of this. Also: archaic and affected language. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > [noun] > types of gardening curtilagec1430 kitchen gardening?1700 landscape-gardeninga1763 picturesque gardeninga1763 window gardening1801 landscape architecture1840 rock gardening1840 market gardening1852 water gardening1870 wild gardening1870 olericulture1886 market work1887 trucking1897 tub-gardening1904 landscaping1930 greenswardsmanship1936 godwottery1937 sand gardening1960 xeriscaping1987 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > pseudo-archaic style pseudo-archaism1877 tushery1883 godwottery1937 1937 Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Mar. 13/4 Many readers..can enjoy a little ‘God-wottery’. 1939 N. Lofts Colin Lowrie (Author's note) I have written this so-called historical novel in so-called modern language... I am foolish enough to believe that people..will appreciate this lack of ‘God-wottery’. 1952 Archit. Rev. 112 235 He plays fast and loose with the average Englishman's sentimental leanings towards God~wottery, drawing his clichés from the Cotswolds where, it is widely believed, lie the typical English villages and the homeland of the picturesque. 1960 ‘A. Burgess’ Right to Answer i. 7 Who shall describe..those semi-detacheds with the pebble-dash.., the tiny gates which you could step over, the god-wottery in the toy gardens? 1969 Guardian 18 Aug. 7/1 ‘Godwottery’, the sentimental preconception of what a garden should be, results in a very strange collection of elements. 2006 Denver Post (Nexis) 31 Mar. If you'd like to create a godwottery of your own, you might consider ‘sundials, gnomes, fairies, plastic sculptures, fake rockery, pump-driven streams and wrought-iron furniture’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1937
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