parkomania
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4ADJ.
widespread
VERB + PARKOMANIA
referred, tour
PREP.
in, with
ADV.
especially
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noun
Excessive or unreasonable interest in parks, gardens, and landscaping.
For the Prussian Prince Pückler-Muskau, landscaping was an obsession — “Parkomania”— that led to bankruptcy.
Interest in parks and gardens; a fashion for lawns and parks.
He is just about sailing for Europe, with all his family, for a two years’ tour, and with Parkomania especially in his mind. There is no man of all my acquaintance so thoroughly prepared to see and enjoy the finest English places. Rare trees are his special hobby.
By the beginning of the 1900s, the popularity of lawn parks, sometimes referred to as “parkomania,” was widespread.
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3For the Prussian Prince Pückler-Muskau, landscaping was an obsession — “Parkomania”— that led to bankruptcy.
WiktionaryHe is just about sailing for Europe, with all his family, for a two years’ tour, and with Parkomania especially in his mind. There is no man of all my acquaintance so thoroughly prepared to see and en
WiktionaryBy the beginning of the 1900s, the popularity of lawn parks, sometimes referred to as “parkomania,” was widespread.
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