Lenotre
André
[ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
Historical Examples
The great periwig shrivelled to a pigtail, and petty flourish took the place of lenotre’s grandezza.
The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times Alfred Biese
Soon it must be only a garden, “only a garden of lenotre, correct, ridiculous and charming.”
Visions and Revisions John Cowper Powys
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