Definitions For Sharawadgi

Noun

SHARAWADGI (uncountable) (historical, or, obsolete) A style of landscape gardening or architecture in which rigid lines and symmetry are avoided in favour of an organic appearance. from 1690.

Alternative forms

Sharawadgi sharawaggi

Etymology

From the {{etyl, ja, en}} shara'aji or share'aji (洒落味、しゃれ味).Kuitert, Wybe. Japanese Art, Aesthetics, and a European discourse - unraveling Sharawadgi Japan Review 2014, 27 ISSN 0915-0986 The word was first published in a 1690 work by English statesman and essayist {{w, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet}} (1628–1699) (see quotation), who claimed it was of Chinese origin, but scholars agree that this is incorrect.{{R:OED Online, title=Sharawaggi, code=177520, part of speech=n, date=1913}} Temple following his own enthusiasm for China, took the literary model of introducing "the Chineses" (sic) as his spokesmen.Kuitert, Wybe. Context & Praxis: Japan and Designing Gardens in the West Gartenkunst 2016, 28/2 278-292 ISSN: 0935-0519

Is Sharawadgi a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
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18
Words with Friends
18

The word Sharawadgi is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

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