scenicn.
/ˈsiːnɪk/, U.S. /ˈsinɪk/ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun]
playera1400
game-player1533
comedy player1550
stage-player1561
actor1566
histrion?1566
comediant1568
representer1579
stager1580
presentera1586
histrio1589
stageman1589
gamester1596
player-man1596
Roscius1600
stagerite1602
theaterian1602
comedian1603
scenic1612
representant1622
play-actor1633
parta1643
histrionic1647
representator1653
artist1714
mummer1773
actor-manager1826
Thespian1827
impersonator1830
personifier1835
player-manager1895
thesp1962
luvvie1988
1612 J. Saris in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) I. iv. 354 The chiefe China Merchant..caused a Play to be acted before vs by Scenicks of China, which was performed on a Stage with good pronunciation and gesture.
a1722 J. Lauder Hist. Observes (1840) 51 Canonists..declared all scenicks and stage players infamous.
2. † b. figurative. A background, a setting. Obsolete. rare.
a. In plural. Originally: stage scenery or stage effects (now rare). Now usually: modelled landscape scenery for use in small-scale model-building.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun] > environment, setting, or background
setting1841
scenics1842
background1854
milieu1854
environment1855
conditions1856
surroundings1861
medium1865
ambient1902
1842 Spirit of Times 5 Nov. 432 The unparalleled splendour of the proscenium..consisted of a pair of crimson pillars... [He] said, ‘Scenics! them ain't scenics! them's pillars.’
1919 Warren (P.A.) Evening Times 16 Jan. 2/4 The staging of the piece comes in for its share of the honors. The scenics and electrical effects were beautiful. Everything looked so ‘spic and span’.
1957 Abilene (Texas) Reporter 17 Nov. 8 b/4 Ted was active in theater work at ACC where he was awarded the ‘Technical Excellence’ trophy for lighting and special scenics.
2002 Wargames Illustr. Apr. 62/2 (advt.) Quality figure painting & scratch-built scenics.
2009 C. Ellis Hornby Bk. Model Railways (ed. 2) Introd. 9/2 Many new accessory ranges covering scenics, road vehicles, and even more structures.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > accompaniment > [noun] > accompanying circumstance > background
scenic1891
1891 G. 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.
3.
a. A film whose subject is natural scenery, or a series of photographs of natural scenery shown as a film; (more generally) a text, painting, photograph, etc., whose subject is natural scenery.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > [noun] > photograph by style or subject
high key1849
carte1861
carte-de-visite1861
wedding group1861
vignette1862
studio portrait1869
press photograph1873
cameo-type1874
war picture1883
mug1887
panel1888
snapshot1890
visite1891
fuzz-type1893
stickyback1903
action photograph1904
action picture1904
scenic1913
still1916
passport photo1919
mosaic1920
press photo1923
oblique1925
action shot1927
passport photograph1927
profile shot1928
smudgea1931
glossy1931
photomontage1931
photomural1931
head shot1936
pin-up1943
mug shot1950
wedding photograph1956
wedding photo1966
full-frontal1970
photofit1970
split beaver1972
upskirt1994
selfie2002
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > other types
romantic comedy1748
epic1785
pre-release1871
foreign film1899
frivol1903
dramedy1905
film loop1906
first run1910
detective film1911
colour film1912
news film1912
topical1912
cinemicrograph1913
scenic1913
sport1913
newsreel1914
serial1914
sex comedy1915
war picture1915
telefilm1919
comic1920
true crime1923
art house1925
quickie1926
turkey1927
two-reeler1928
smellie1929
disaster film1930
musical1930
feelie1931
sticky1934
action comedy1936
quota quickie1936
re-release1936
screwball comedy1937
telemovie1937
pickup1939
video film1939
actioner1940
space opera1941
telepic1944
biopic1947
kinescope1949
TV movie1949
pièce noire1951
pièce rose1951
deepie1953
misterioso1953
film noir1956
policier1956
psychodrama1956
free film1958
prequel1958
co-production1959
glossy1960
sexploiter1960
sci-fier1961
tie-in1962
chanchada1963
romcom1963
wuxia1963
chick flick1964
showreel1964
mockumentary1965
sword-and-sandal1965
schlockbuster1966
mondo1967
peplum1968
thriller1968
whydunit1968
schlocker1969
buddy-buddy movie1972
buddy-buddy film1974
buddy film1974
science-fictioner1974
screwball1974
buddy movie1975
slasher movie1975
swashbuckler1975
filmi1976
triptych1976
autobiopic1977
Britcom1977
kidflick1977
noir1977
bodice-ripper1979
chopsocky1981
date movie1983
kaiju eiga1984
screener1986
neo-noir1987
indie1990
bromance2001
hack-and-slash2002
mumblecore2005
dark fantasy2007
hack-and-slay2007
gorefest2012
kidult-
1913 Times of India 23 Aug. 10 The pictures will include another of Pathe's coloured scenics, ‘Spring Time in Monte Carlo’. These pictures reproduce the vivid colouring of the Mediterranean Littoral.
1922 N.Y. Times 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.
1971 Amateur Photographer 3 Mar. 23/1 A cine columnist's thoughts thankfully turn..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.
1984 Washington Post 22 June (Weekend section) 50 This summer there'll be many opportunities to take beautiful scenics. But you won't get those grand views if you use the usual technique of snap-shooting.
2014 Huckleberries Online (Nexis) 12 May Artist Pat Adams has oil-painted scenics and portraits of family members.
b. In plural. Scenic wallpaper (see scenic adj. 3d).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > wallcovering > [noun] > wall-paper > types of
stucco paper1749
caffoy paper1750
flock-paper1750
domino paper1839
wood-hanging1869
Morris1872
velvet-paper1875
flock1881
lincrusta1882
anaglypta1887
screen print1928
scenics1934
1934 C. H. Hull (title) in Catal. Copyright Entries: Pt. 1 Group 2 (Libr. Congress Copyright Office) 31 984 How to prepare walls and hang photo mural scenics.
1976 B. 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.
2006 Early Homes Fall 66/2 French block-printed scenics depicting exotic locales, ancient worlds, and mythic themes were produced by such companies as Zuber, who is still making them today.
c. A pattern or design depicting or representing a landscape. Also: a fabric bearing such a design.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > types of pattern or design generally
Morisk1341
Moresque1458
arabesque1656
Morisco1728
all-over1808
Moresco1823
shawl-pattern1838
repeat pattern1851
repeat1855
unit1855
styling1867
counterchange1888
oriental1897
mosaicking1923
scenic1956
1956 Life 12 Mar. 95/1 (advt.) From plains to plaids, from stripes to florals, from small figures to scenics.
1977 Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. v. 9 (advt.) Make slipcovers, draperies of 100% cotton prints in florals, scenics, geometrics.
1991 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 29 Aug. For two long decades tie-makers made nothing but solids or tidy geometrics, now they fashion a riot of flowers, abstracts, scenics and general conversation pieces.
2006 J. Sisneros 9-Patch Pizzazz 4 You can make these quilts with florals, scenics, juvenile prints, home decorator designs, Asian prints, or novelty fabrics.
4. Short for scenic railway n.
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society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > as leisure attraction
scenic railway1890
scenic1956
society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > roller coaster or railway
montagne russe1834
mountain railway1851
switchback1863
rollercoaster1883
scenic railway1890
chute1908
coaster1910
moon rocket1921
motor-coaster1928
giant racer1934
Big Dipper1935
scenic1956
1956 Lebanon (Pa.) Daily News 9 June 1/4 Moments before [his death] he told two companions who tried to pull him to his seat.., ‘I've stood up lots of times in scenics. Don't worry about it.’
1968 D. Braithwaite Fairground Archit. viii. 125 In structural form there was little difference between the ‘Scenic’ and the earlier switchback.
2003 D. W. Francis & D. Demali Francis Golden Age Roller Coasters ii. 40 Electricity to power the cable lift..was a major improvement over earlier scenics that used smoky steam engines for power.
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scenicadj.
/ˈsiːnɪk/, U.S. /ˈsinɪk/ 1. † d. Well-suited to the stage. Obsolete. rare.
a. Of or belonging to the theatre or stage; theatrical.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [adjective]
scenical?a1475
theatrical1558
theatral1594
histrionical1599
scenic1623
histrionic1656
thymelical1656
theatric1706
scenary1730
footlight1824
thymelic1849
showish1874
du théâtre1895
stagy1895
1623 H. Holland in W. Shakespeare Comedies, Hist. & Trag. sig. A5 Vpon the Lines and Life of the Famous Scenicke Poet, Master William Shakespeare.
1624 E. Bolton Nero Caesar xx. 60 Zosimvs diuides the agons of this festiuitie into only two sorts, scenicke and gymnicke, leauing out the horse-races.
1710 C. Gildon Life T. Betterton 153 There are besides, the scenic Dances, as the tragic, Comic, Satyric, and the Lyric.
1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. 200 Religion..exposed to the ridicule of scenic exhibition.
1793 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 163 Ireland now produces a catalogue of celebrated scenic writers.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. xii. ii. 384 She is all that..veteran managers seek when they sign articles, in scenic qualifications.
1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 201 These scenic edifices [i.e. theatres] are amongst the most interesting..remains that have come down..from antiquity.
1903 C. L. Hind Acad. & Lit. 1902–5 34/2 Aristophanes counted himself a patriot for showing up the sophistry, as he thought it, of Euripides. To this belief of his we owe the first instance..of scenic parody.
1984 D. Maddox Semiotics of Deceit 142 For Artaud, the dimension of performance is not slavishly bound to its textual model.., [the dramatic text] must never impose tyrannical limitations upon the scenic performance.
2011 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 23 June 59/2 In his notes to his 1936 adaptation of Eugene Onegin, Krzhizhanovsky emphasized the need to preserve the ‘scenic cube’ of the proscenium stage.
b. Represented or dramatized on the stage, or as if on the stage.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [adjective] > represented on the stage
scenicc1682
c1682 Mrs Nelly's Complaint (MS Bodl. Firth c. 15) 129 Those Sympathetic Griefs you did bestow, And Tears to Scenic Suff'rings once allow, Employ 'em on my real Torments now.
1747 S. Johnson Prol. Opening of Theatre 3 Bid scenic Virtue form the rising Age, And Truth diffuse her Radiance from the Stage.
1838 T. Mitchell in Aristophanes Clouds 360 (note) The scenic Socrates here folds his arms.
1868 G. J. Whyte-Melville White Rose III. lix. 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.
1918 W. Thornton Parker Pers. Exper. among Native Amer. Indians (Suppl.) 15 He acts out in a most realistic way the whole battle... This scenic battle ends with the act of scalping his enemy.
1993 C. Segal Euripides & Poetics of Sorrow v. 82 Alcestis' silence at the end..is the scenic expression of the lack of total resolution.
c. Of or relating to stage scenery or stage effect. In later use also: of or relating to film and television scenery and effects.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [adjective] > relating to scenery
scenical1697
scenic1765
1765 Public Advertiser 29 May [The Actors], and the chief scenic Apparatus, will be brought hither presently in a Cart.
1772 P. Hiffernan Dramatic Genius (ed. 2) v. 188 The best artists, who have furnished us with a scenic variety; a species of theatric treasure unknown to antiquity.
1824 R. 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.
1889 A. E. Haigh Attic Theatre iii. 139 As changes of scene were almost unknown in the Greek drama, the scenic appliances were of the simplest character.
1958 E. A. Wright Primer for Playgoers v. 158 The styles in scenic design are constantly changing and..audiences should no longer expect standard sets, but instead look for imagination and artistry on the part of the scene designer.
1974 Washington Post 23 June f1 Some of the most spectacular choreography and scenic effects ever put on film.
2010 S. M. Archer et al. Theatre: Art & Craft (ed. 6) iii. 187 The designer's arrangement of scenic elements will program the actors into specific patterns of movement..affect how the audiences perceive a character..affect rhythm, mood, and more.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [adjective] > suitable for the stage
stage-worthy1821
scenic1857
producible1875
theatricable1901
stageable1907
1857 T. De Quincey R. Bentley (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay VII. 176 The most popular and scenic of the Shaksperian dramas.
2. † a. Fictitious, imaginary; feigned, pretend. Cf. scenical adj. 2b. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > theatrical or exaggerated (of person) > of actions or things
histrionicalc1553
scenical1564
mimic1591
histrionic1627
scenic1638
theatric1656
theatrical1709
agonistic1833
stagy1860
actressy1893
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [adjective] > resembling stage production
stage-like1561
scenical1564
scenic1638
stagely1656
stagy1860
1638 C. Aleyn Hist. Henrie VII 38 He resolv'd his scenicke Prince should play The Duke of Yorke.
1705 tr. J. Ware Reign Henry VII iii. 7 in Ann. Affairs Ireland Among the Prisoners that were taken, were that Scenic Kingling, Lambert Simnel, and his Tutor, that subtil Priest.
b. Dramatic or theatrical in style, manner, or appearance; histrionic. Cf. scenical adj. 2a. Now rare.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > theatrical or exaggerated (of person)
scenic1640
stagy1864
theatric1879
posey1933
1640 R. Baillie Ladensium Αὐτοκατάκρισις Postscr. 3 Any who had perused your former schenick writs, that comedie of your seven Sages.
1776 Congratulatory Poem Successes Brit. Arms 7 Where..real captains were in buskins seen; Where scenic pomp aton'd for want of food, And infant gen'rals learn'd the trade of blood.
1857 A. Mathews Tea-table Talk I. 85 Her charities were wide and liberally spread, often spontaneous, though perhaps somewhat scenic; in truth, her nature was essentially dramatic, and she loved to try effects, by giving surprises to those she benefited.
1878 R. H. Hutton Scott ii. 19 The lad began his study of the scenic side of history, and especially of campaigns.
1973 D. Miron Traveler Disguised iii. 81 Many of his letters to his fellow writers can be described only as private epistolary theatricals, and his famous table talk was an elaborate scenic performance.
c. Of painting, sculpture, etc.: representing or depicting a dramatic tableau or scene (cf. scene n. 10).Sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 3b.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [adjective] > specific subject
equestrial1556
marinea1701
equestrian1711
scenic1835
zooplastic1872
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [adjective] > historical painting
historical1658
scenic1835
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [adjective] > including several figures
scenic1835
1835 Spectator 14 Mar. 254/1 Martin exhibits..pictures of sacred subjects: ‘David spareth Saul, who is sleeping in a trench,’ is a scenic picture, with a more natural landscape than is usual with this painter.
1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art II. 159 The ‘Martyrdom of St. Laurence’ by Baccio Bandinelli the sculptor, is arranged as a scenic bas-relief.
1850 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders 390 The most perfect scenic picture in the world [sc. the 'San Pietro Martire' of Titian].
1868 C. W. Cope in Rep. Paris Universal Exhib. 1867 II. 13 Among the most important works are No. 49, ‘The Diet of Warsaw, 1773,’ by Matejiko—a large scenic picture, coarsely executed, with strong impasto, and not ill-composed.
2010 J. Warkentin Creating Memory iv. 31 Attractive bas-relief scenic sculptures on the former Toronto Postal Delivery Building..provide a potted history of transportation in Canada.
3.
a. Of or relating to natural scenery; characterized by or providing attractive or picturesque scenery. Cf. scenery n. 3a.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > [adjective] > scenic
bonny1580
sceneful1747
scenic1784
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [adjective] > view or scenery
scenic1784
vistal1860
vistaed1862
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > place where view obtained > [adjective]
prospective1584
specular1671
speculative1709
gazy1745
speculatory1781
scenic1784
sightly1828
panoramic1855
rear view1911
1784 A. Seward Louisa Pref. p. vi The beautiful scenic objects, by which she was at that interval surrounded.
1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes II. vii. 191 The country round this town being very flat, is bare of scenic interest.
1883 Salt Lake Daily Tribune 8 Sept. 4/3 Nature has done a great deal for Montana, it has given it the grandest scenic domes and craggy pinnacles.
1896 Calif. Game ‘Marked Down’ (Southern Pacific Co.) 32 Such a forest mountain land..has unrivaled scenic beauty.
1937 Discovery Oct. 306/2 Small-holders in scenic areas.
1967 Boston Sunday Herald 26 Mar. vi. 3/1 (advt.) See the scenic glories of our great continent.
1992 Vacation Guide to Canada's Yukon 55/1 Base camps, from where hunting expeditions packtrain into valleys and alpine regions, are convenient, comfortable and scenic.
2008 L. A. Rose Lake District 93 Too good to be true views of the length of Windermere stretch out before you and a jaunty café..makes the most of its scenic location.
b. Of a painting, photograph, etc.: representing or depicting a vista or view of a landscape of (typically picturesque) natural scenery.Sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 2c.
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1824 Portfolio 2 Oct. 34/1 The general idea of the diorama, is the exhibition of two highly wrought scenic pictures, of unusually large dimensions, of places and circumstances of some peculiar interest.
1835 Spectator 14 Mar. 254/1 Wilson's bleak water-pieces, Holland's coast scene, Davis's wild heath-covered hills..and Hofland's landscapes, compose the principal attractions in scenic views.
1930 Pop. Mech. Nov. 713/2 English omnibuses are being decorated with scenic paintings, most of them depicting points of interest along the route traveled by the coaches.
1956 Life 11 June 9 (advt.) People in shady gardens and on sunny beaches, sports pictures, scenic pictures, flash shots ‘round a campfire’.
2002 Pop. Photogr. Aug. 53/1 (advt.) Scenic photographs such as this one are highly marketable. The travel industry is always on the lookout for fresh images.
c. Designed to provide a view of a landscape; esp. (originally and chiefly North American) designating a road that has been planned and landscaped so as to provide good views of the local scenery (frequently with capital initial in the name of such a road). See also scenic route n. 1.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [adjective] > planned to afford views
scenic1889
1889 Scotsman 13 Mar. 9 One of the special features of the decorations was the entrance lobby, converted into a drawing-room, with a scenic window at the north end.
1916 Road 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.
1955 N.Y. Times 8 May xx. 31 The Canadian, operated by the Canadian Pacific Railroad, has this country's only scenic dome observation cars.
1967 Boston Sunday Herald 26 Mar. ii. 9/1 Appleton Ridge Scenic Drive became a women's project in 1966. The women got the town to..cut bushes to open up magnificent views, and provide a stretch for ‘slow drivers who really want to enjoy the scenery’.
1991 R. L. Davis Hollywood Beauty 122 The $250,000 home had scenic windows all across the front, giving a panoramic view of the ocean.
2009 B. Barber Sunday Rides Two Wheels ii. 46 The Kettle Moraine Scenic Drive..was laid out to provide a way for visitors to easily enjoy the varied beauty of the glacial landscape.
d. Of wallpaper: that is designed to create a continuous scene or landscape on the walls of a room.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > wallcovering > [adjective] > wallpapered > types of wall-paper
Morris-papered1895
scenic1901
1901 N.Y. Times 24 Feb. 16/6 French scenic papers, after the old French tapestries, are also to be found charming things in dull browns and greens.
1929 C. C. Oman Victoria & Albert Museum: Catal. Wall-papers 63 The earliest scenic wall-papers..were produced by hand-painting.
1976 National 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.
2008 Old-house Jrnl. Mar. 52/2 Many households simply attached pieces of scenic wallpaper to cloth to make decorative [window] shades.
Compounds
scenic artist n. originally U.S. a painter or designer of scenery for the stage; = scenographer n. 2.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > people concerned with theatrical productions > [noun] > person in charge of scenery > scene-painter
scene-painter1706
scenist1790
scenic artist1819
1819 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 29 July This oriental drama..affords ample scope for the genius of the scenic artist.
1919 G. 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.
1997 S. Anglo Spectacle, Pageantry, & Early Tudor Policy vii. 261 The pageanteer, court reveller, and scenic artist were succeeded as purveyors of royal propaganda by the political pamphleteer, preacher, and public executioner.
scenic games n. [after classical Latin lūdī scēnicī dramatic entertainments, as distinguished from athletic sports; compare Middle French jeux sceniques (late 14th cent.)] Ancient History (in plural) plays or dramatic entertainments presented during ancient Greek and Roman games.
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1705 J. C. tr. P. Jurieu Crit. Hist. Doctr. & Worships Church II. 20 Their Scenick Games [Fr. leurs jeux appellez sceniques], celebrated to their [sc. the gods'] Memory.
1887 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 8 19 There was a likely occasion for the commission of just such an offense [sc. the inclusion of slanderous verse in a play by Naevius] at the ludi Romani (scenic games since 214 B. C.).
1928 E. A. Parker tr. V. Chapot Rom. World vi. 199 The gifts bestowed on their clan by rich men rarely took the form of a festival of scenic games after the Greek manner; more often they provided gladiatorial shows, fights between wild animals, bull-fights.
2000 J. Bodel in V. M. Hope & E. Marshall Death & Dis. in Anc. City x. 139 The task of arranging seats at the scenic games traditionally held in conjunction with aristocratic funerals would naturally have fallen to the man charged with organising the funeral parade.
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