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topiary

/ˈtəʊpiˌeɹi/TOH-pee-eh-ree
/ˈtoʊpiˌɛɹi/TOH-pee-eh-ree

Meaningfancy gardening

Common meaning: art of clipping plants into decorative shapes

Journey through time

  1. Latintopia‘fancy gardening’source
  2. Latinmeaning shiftsfancy gardening → gardening-relatedtopiarius‘gardening-related’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsgardening-related → art of clipping plants into decorative shapestopiary‘art of clipping plants into decorative shapes’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin topia ‘fancy gardening’.

Roots

  • topia Latin “fancy gardening”

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