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▪ I. scenic, a.|ˈsiːnɪk, ˈsɛnɪk|
Also 7 scenicke, schenick, 7–8 scenick.
[a. F. scénique (14th c.), ad. L. scēnic-us, scænic-us, a. Gr. σκηνικός belonging to the stage, theatrical, f. σκηνή scene.]
1. a. Of or belonging to the stage, dramatic, theatrical.
scenic poet = L. poeta scenicus. scenic games = L. ludi scenici (dramatic entertainments, as distinguished from athletic sports).
1623H. Holland in Shaks. fol., Upon the Lines and Life of the Famous Scenicke Poet, Master William Shakespeare. 1640R. Baillie Canterb. Self-convict. Postscr. 3 Any who had perused your former schenick writs, that comedie of your seven Sages. 1728Chambers Cycl., Scenic Games or Representations. 1781Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. 200 The ridicule of scenic exhibition. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 186 Ireland now produces a catalogue of celebrated scenic writers. 1809Malkin Gil Blas xii. ii. (Rtldg.) 425 She is all that..veteran managers seek when they sign articles, in scenic qualifications. 1869H. F. Tozer Highl. Turkey II. 201 These scenic edifices are amongst the most interesting..remains that have come down..from antiquity. 1879H. Phillips Addit. Notes Coins 18 A scenic mask of Pan.
b. Represented on the stage.
1747Johnson Prol. Opening Drury Lane 61 Bid scenick virtue form the rising age, And truth diffuse her radiance from the stage. 1838T. Mitchell Clouds of Aristoph. 360 (note) The scenic Socrates here folds his arms. 1868G. J. Whyte-Melville White Rose lix. III. 237 The long-drawn aisles of its scenic cathedral had been darkened so skilfully, as to convey an idea of dim religious grandeur, and vast architectural space.
c. Fitted for the stage.
1857De Quincey Bentley Wks. VI. 176 note, The most popular and scenic of the Shaksperian dramas.
d. Of or belonging to stage-scenery or stage effect.
1824R. Humphreys Mem. J. Decastro 16 It is that [part] of the scenic department from whence the borders of chambers or clouds drop, to complete each different scene. 1827J. Boaden Mem. Mrs. Siddons II. xix. 292 A benefit proportioned to the pains that have been taken in the scenic department of our stages. 1854C. A. Mowatt Autobiography of Actress 48 Costumes and rehearsals and scenic effects. 1868G. J. Whyte-Melville White Rose lviii. III. 230 It is the great scenic triumph of the play, and a burst of grand music appropriately heralds its exhibition to the audience. 1882Farrar Early Chr. 9 The Drama had degenerated into a vehicle for the display of scenic splendour or ingenious machinery. 1889Haigh Attic Theatre iii. §7. 139 As changes of scene were almost unknown in the Greek drama, the scenic appliances were of the simplest character.
e. scenic artist, a painter or designer of scenery for the stage. orig. U.S.
1840Spirit of Times 21 Nov. 456/3 C. L. Smith..is the scenic artist of the Theatre. 1877W. R. Alger Life Edwin Forrest II. 581 John Wiser, a scenic artist, arranged and painted it. 1919G. B. Shaw Great Catherine 114 It was quite easy for Patiomkin to humbug Catherine as to the condition of Russia by conducting her through sham cities run up for the occasion by scenic artists. 1930Selden & Sellman Stage Scenery & Lighting ii. 31 Before the scenic artist can start to make scenery it is necessary that he learn thoroughly the form of scenery. 1971Burris-Meyer & Cole Scenery for Theatre (rev. ed.) ii. 22 The designer is a member of the scenic artists' union.
2. fig. Resembling, or likened to, stage representation and stage effect; dramatic or theatrical in style.
1857A. Mathews Tea-Table Talk I. 85 Her charities were wide,..often spontaneous, though perhaps somewhat scenic. 1863Kinglake Crimea (1876) I. xiv. 226 He was impelled to be contriving scenic effects and surprises. 1870J. H. Newman Gramm. Assent i. iv. 93 Christianity is a history supernatural, and almost scenic. 1878R. H. Hutton Scott ii. 19 The lad began his study of the scenic side of history.
3. a. Of or belonging to natural scenery. In recent use: Abounding in fine scenery, affording landscape views. Also, of a window or the like: designed to afford a landscape view. Now chiefly N. Amer.
1842Dickens Amer. Notes xv, The country round this town being very flat, is bare of scenic interest. 1906Scribner's Mag. July 87/1 The Grand Trunk Pacific..will be a scenic line. 1937Discovery Oct. 306/2 Small-holders in scenic areas. 1967Boston Sunday Herald 26 Mar. vi. 3/1 (Advt.), See the scenic glories of our great continent. 1970Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Sept. 30/1 (Advt.), The Canadian, one of the world's great trains... Soft music. Air conditioning... Scenic Domes.. all the way. 1971New Yorker 9 Oct. 170/3 (Advt.), Golf on scenic course. 1978N.Y. Times 30 Mar. b17/2 (Advt.), Floor to ceiling scenic windows.
b. Applied to a road that has been planned and landscaped so as to provide fine views. orig. and chiefly N. Amer.
1914H. MacNair (title) Scenic motorway; a motor tour de luxe. 1916Road Maps & Tour Bk. Western N. Carolina (N. Carolina Good Roads Assoc.) 149 The Asheville–Murphy Scenic Highway through Swain County will afford scenery unsurpassed by any section of the country. 1934Popular Mechanics Aug. 238/1 The modern de luxe highway cruiser..may take you and your baggage safely and inexpensively anywhere along historic and scenic highways. 1935Nature Mag. Mar. 101 Let us hope that there will be a policy of scenic road construction. 1943J. S. Huxley TVA ix. 60 The Norris Freeway..is a scenic highway on which access is limited to a very few points, and where no building is allowed within several hundred yards on either side. 1959W. B. Snow Highway & Landscape 111 For specialized types of highway, scenic parkways particularly, the national standards may not always be entirely appropriate. 1967Boston Sunday Herald 26 Mar. ii. 9/1 A 7·4-mile Appleton Ridge Scenic Drive became a women's project in 1966. The women got the town to bulldoze the rough spots on a dirt road, cut bushes to open up magnificent views, and provide a stretch for ‘slow drivers who really want to enjoy the scenery’. 1979D. Clark Heberden's Seat i. 7 Masters had suggested that they should find a scenic route and take their time.
4. a. With reference to painting or sculpture: Representing a ‘scene’ or incident in which several persons are concerned.
1845Punch VIII. 247/1 To criticise a Picture by Stanfield.—Begin by unqualified praise; then commence detracting,..on the score of..‘scenic effect of the figures’; and conclude by a wish he had never been a scene-painter. 1848A. Jameson Sacr. & Leg. Art II. 159 The ‘Martyrdom of St. Laurence’ by Baccio Bandinelli the sculptor, is arranged as a scenic bas-relief. 1850― Leg. Monast. Ord. 390 The most perfect scenic picture in the world. 1890C. H. Moore Gothic Archit. x. 307 There is far less antagonism between what is decorative and what is scenic in painting than is sometimes supposed.
b. With reference to wallpaper: creating a continuous scene or landscape on the walls of a room.
1924N. McClelland Historic Wall-Papers xii. 279 (heading) Some famous scenic papers and their owners. 1929C. C. Oman Victoria & Albert Museum: Catal. Wall-Papers 63 The earliest scenic wall-papers..were produced by hand-painting. 1951L. & W. Katzenbach Pract. Bk. Amer. Wallpaper vi. 61 This scenic wallpaper pictures a tropic Haiti. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 25 Sept. 9/1 Now about all that remains is the neon-red carpet and ‘scenic’ wallpaper that once surrounded a bathtub.
▪ II. scenic, n.|ˈsiːnɪk|
[f. the adj.]
1. = scene 6 fig. rare—1.
1891G. Meredith One of Our Conquerors III. vi. 125 She passed into music, as she always did under motion of carriages and trains, whether in happiness or sadness: and the day being one that had a sky, the scenic of music swung her up to soar.
2. A scenic film or photograph; a film or photograph the subject of which is natural scenery.
1918N.Y. Times 25 Nov. 11/3 Robert C. Bruce has a scenic at the Rivoli entitled ‘A Wee Bit Odd’, which is entertaining pictorially in spite of labored wit in the subtitles. 1922Ibid. 2 July vi. 3/3 The short comedies, scenics, travel films and other so-called non-dramatic productions are so much better than the photoplays when they are at all good. 1971Amateur Photographer 3 Mar. 23/1 A cine columnist's thoughts thankfully turn from the interiors he had intended to shoot..to the spring scenic he has for years been intending to make... I like scenics and am not put off by objections that they are old-fashioned... So are trees and meadows. 1979SLR Camera June 56/2 Scenics, particularly townscapes, at night are best shot while there is still some tone in the sky.
3. Short for ‘scenic wallpaper’ (see scenic a. 4 b).
1951L. & W. Katzenbach Pract. Bk. Amer. Wallpaper vi. 65 While the composition of this scenic is traditional, it is executed in a technique that is distinctly modern. 1966M. M. Pegler Dict. Interior Design (1967) 393 Scenic, a wallpaper mural usually made up of three or four panels that create a continuous scene, vista, or design. 1972E. A. Entwhistle French Scenic Wallpapers 1800–1860 v. 35 Les Monuments de Paris..was different from most of the other scenics. 1976B. Greysmith Wallpaper 92 The most striking examples of the new French manner were the ‘scenics’, the term used to describe trompe l'oeil landscapes on a grand scale, not repeating but creating a complete scene around the walls of a room.
4. Short for scenic railway.
1968D. Braithwaite Fairground Architecture viii. 125 In structural form there was little difference between the ‘Scenic’ and the earlier switchback.
5. A scenic pattern or design.
1977Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. v. 9 (Advt.), Make slipcovers, draperies of 100% cotton prints in florals, scenics, geometrics. |