Standard Lemma guide
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noun
A style of landscape gardening or architecture in which rigid lines and symmetry are avoided in favour of an organic appearance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of sharawadgi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, uncountable
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History
Possibly from the Japanese shara'aji or share'aji (洒落味、しゃれ味). The word was first published 1690 in a work by English statesman and essayist Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (1628–1699) (see quotation), who claimed it was of Chinese origin, but scholars agree that this is incorrect. Temple following his own enthusiasm for China, took the literary model of introducing "the Chineses" ^([sic]) as his spokesmen.
