scenicaladj.

Brit.

/ˈsiːnᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˈsinək(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English scenicalle, 1500s–1600s scenicall, 1500s– scenical, 1600s scaenical, 1600s scaenicall, 1600s scenecal.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin scēnicus , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin scēnicus scenic adj. + -al suffix¹.With use in sense 2b compare Florus 2. 14. 4: Invictusque a veris regibus, ab illo imaginario et scenico rege superatur, ‘conquered by true kings, he was overpowered by that imaginary and fictitious king’.

a. Of or belonging to the theatre or stage; theatrical; = scenic adj. 1a. scenical games (also scenical plays, †scenical disports, etc.) [after classical Latin lūdī scēnicī (see scenic games n. at scenic adj. Compounds)] : Ancient History = scenic games n. at scenic adj. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

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

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 101 This..institucion off disportes scenicalle [L. Ista institutio ludorum scenicorum].

?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 69 Your Bishops..hath forbidden and prohibited those kynde of Scenicall and Enterlude playes.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. vi. iv. 378 Vse honest and chast sports, scenicall shewes, plaies.

a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Spanish Gipsie (1653) iii. sig. D4^v The scenicall Schoole Has been my Tutor long in Italy.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. vii. i. 1 Those scenical Representations, which Thespis is first reported to have invented.

1823 T. De Quincey Lett. Young Man in London Mag. May 557 Each steps forward as a scenical person, to play a distinct part or character.

1890 Spectator 2 Aug. 145/2 If scenical representation affects us more powerfully than actual suffering, must not the influence of the theatre be, on the whole, harmful to character?

1921 Mod. Lang. Rev. 16 224 After eighteen years of repression the theatre had come into its own again, and with a renewed energy authors had started to think once more in the dialogue and scenical form.

2005 K. A. E. Enenkel in K. A. E. Enenkel & I. L. Pfeijffer Manipulative Mode 277 The Roman people were mad about the games: they preferred them to scenical and other events.

b. Of or relating to stage scenery or stage effect. Cf. scenic adj. 1c.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [adjective] > relating to scenery

scenical1697

scenic1765

1697 God's Judgments against Whoring 246 His first Care was, to provide Waggons to carry his Scenical Machines and Musical Instruments.

1763 T. Percy Let. 31 Dec. in Percy Lett. (1946) II. 62 On the fore-ground of a Stage or Theatre, with scenical drapery behind them.

1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. I. 369 These scenical effects existed in great perfection in the Masques.

1884 J. A. Symonds Shakspere's Predecessors viii. 293 The absence of scenical appeals to the sense of sight.

1915 Bookman Jan. 547 When Ben Jonson wrote a comedy or tragedy, he produced it on a practically sceneless stage; when he wrote a masque, he produced it with the most sumptuous scenical embellishment.

1953 J. Lees-Milne Age of Inigo Jones vi. 163 At the Whitehall Theatre [he] had made discoveries in the scenical art.

1995 New York Beacon 17 May 30 With set and lighting design by Christophe Pierre and sound design by Jim Coughlin the ‘Blues Train’ is by far one of the best scenical displays this reviewer has seen.

a. Chiefly depreciative. Resembling or reminiscent of stage acting or representation, or stage effect; theatrical, extravagantly dramatic, histrionic. Cf. scenic adj. 2b. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

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

1564 T. Becon Compar. Lordes Supper & Popish Masse f. xcvii^v, in Wks. iii The Massemonger handlyng hys scenicall and stagelyke Supper, calleth vpon the dead very busyly.

1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman vi. 42 That same ampullous and Scenical pompe, with emptie furniture of phrase, wherewith the Stage, and our pettie Poeticke Pamphlets sound so big.

1759 R. Hurd Moral & Polit. Dialogues i. 31 I had acquired a knack in speaking, and had drawn on myself more credit, than fine words deserve, by a scenical and specious eloquence.

1833 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk 15 Aug. In Gibbon..nothing is real, vivid, true: all is scenical, and, as it were, exhibited by candlelight.

1856 National Rev. Oct. 461 If the universe and God set the example of being scenical, what shall hinder religion from becoming histrionic?

a1945 E. R. Eddison Mezentian Gate (1958) xxxviii. 200 He stood up, and with a scenical, histrionical, elegance of courtliness, kissed her hand.

†b. Fictitious, imaginary; pretended. Cf. scenic adj. 2a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > deceptive fancy or illusion > [adjective]

phantom?c1450

fairy1549

illusory1599

scenical1610

illusive1679

amusive1727

barmecidal1844

illusionary1886

illusional1900

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God vi. vii. 245 Therefore this fabulous, scænicall, filthy, and ridiculous diuinity [L. theologia fabulosa, theatrica, scenica] hath al reference vnto the ciuill.

1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) ii. 179 These scenical and accidental differences between us, cannot make me forget that common and untoucht part of us both.

1660 T. Fuller Mixt Contempl. ii. xli. 60 King Hen. the seventh was much troubled (as he was wont to say) with Idols, Scenecal Royaletts, poor petty, pittifull Persons, who pretended themselves Princes.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 167. 263 I..who look upon the Distinctions amongst Men to be meerly Scenical.

1761 H. Farmer Inq. Nature & Design Christ's Temptation i. 20 Learned writers have attempted to shew, that these and many other actions ascribed to the antient prophets, were only imaginary and scenical.

1791 W. Belsham Ess. III. xxxii. 188 These unheard-of prodigies are merely the particulars of an imaginary or scenical representation, exactly similar to those emblematic and premonitionary visions of the antient prophets.

†c. Resembling a scene in a play, presented as if a drama. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [adjective] > relating to scenery > resembling scenery

scenish1540

scenical1741

1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. 485 The scenical image of Job and his friends sitting together on the ground seven days and seven nights without a word speaking.

1832 T. De Quincey James's Hist. Charlemagne in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 786/2 The second form [of History] is that which may be styled the Scenical.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scenical
释义	scenicaladj. Brit. /ˈsiːnᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈsinək(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English scenicalle, 1500s–1600s scenicall, 1500s– scenical, 1600s scaenical, 1600s scaenicall, 1600s scenecal. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin scēnicus , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin scēnicus scenic adj. + -al suffix¹.With use in sense 2b compare Florus 2. 14. 4: Invictusque a veris regibus, ab illo imaginario et scenico rege superatur, ‘conquered by true kings, he was overpowered by that imaginary and fictitious king’. 1. a. Of or belonging to the theatre or stage; theatrical; = scenic adj. 1a. scenical games (also scenical plays, †scenical disports, etc.) [after classical Latin lūdī scēnicī (see scenic games n. at scenic adj. Compounds)] : Ancient History = scenic games n. at scenic adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ 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 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 101 This..institucion off disportes scenicalle [L. Ista institutio ludorum scenicorum]. ?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 69 Your Bishops..hath forbidden and prohibited those kynde of Scenicall and Enterlude playes. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. vi. iv. 378 Vse honest and chast sports, scenicall shewes, plaies. a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Spanish Gipsie (1653) iii. sig. D4^v The scenicall Schoole Has been my Tutor long in Italy. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. vii. i. 1 Those scenical Representations, which Thespis is first reported to have invented. View more context for this quotation 1823 T. De Quincey Lett. Young Man in London Mag. May 557 Each steps forward as a scenical person, to play a distinct part or character. 1890 Spectator 2 Aug. 145/2 If scenical representation affects us more powerfully than actual suffering, must not the influence of the theatre be, on the whole, harmful to character? 1921 Mod. Lang. Rev. 16 224 After eighteen years of repression the theatre had come into its own again, and with a renewed energy authors had started to think once more in the dialogue and scenical form. 2005 K. A. E. Enenkel in K. A. E. Enenkel & I. L. Pfeijffer Manipulative Mode 277 The Roman people were mad about the games: they preferred them to scenical and other events. b. Of or relating to stage scenery or stage effect. Cf. scenic adj. 1c. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [adjective] > relating to scenery scenical1697 scenic1765 1697 God's Judgments against Whoring 246 His first Care was, to provide Waggons to carry his Scenical Machines and Musical Instruments. 1763 T. Percy Let. 31 Dec. in Percy Lett. (1946) II. 62 On the fore-ground of a Stage or Theatre, with scenical drapery behind them. 1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. I. 369 These scenical effects existed in great perfection in the Masques. 1884 J. A. Symonds Shakspere's Predecessors viii. 293 The absence of scenical appeals to the sense of sight. 1915 Bookman Jan. 547 When Ben Jonson wrote a comedy or tragedy, he produced it on a practically sceneless stage; when he wrote a masque, he produced it with the most sumptuous scenical embellishment. 1953 J. Lees-Milne Age of Inigo Jones vi. 163 At the Whitehall Theatre [he] had made discoveries in the scenical art. 1995 New York Beacon 17 May 30 With set and lighting design by Christophe Pierre and sound design by Jim Coughlin the ‘Blues Train’ is by far one of the best scenical displays this reviewer has seen. 2. a. Chiefly depreciative. Resembling or reminiscent of stage acting or representation, or stage effect; theatrical, extravagantly dramatic, histrionic. Cf. scenic adj. 2b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ 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 1564 T. Becon Compar. Lordes Supper & Popish Masse f. xcvii^v, in Wks. iii The Massemonger handlyng hys scenicall and stagelyke Supper, calleth vpon the dead very busyly. 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman vi. 42 That same ampullous and Scenical pompe, with emptie furniture of phrase, wherewith the Stage, and our pettie Poeticke Pamphlets sound so big. 1759 R. Hurd Moral & Polit. Dialogues i. 31 I had acquired a knack in speaking, and had drawn on myself more credit, than fine words deserve, by a scenical and specious eloquence. 1833 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk 15 Aug. In Gibbon..nothing is real, vivid, true: all is scenical, and, as it were, exhibited by candlelight. 1856 National Rev. Oct. 461 If the universe and God set the example of being scenical, what shall hinder religion from becoming histrionic? a1945 E. R. Eddison Mezentian Gate (1958) xxxviii. 200 He stood up, and with a scenical, histrionical, elegance of courtliness, kissed her hand. †b. Fictitious, imaginary; pretended. Cf. scenic adj. 2a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > deceptive fancy or illusion > [adjective] phantom?c1450 fairy1549 illusory1599 scenical1610 illusive1679 amusive1727 barmecidal1844 illusionary1886 illusional1900 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God vi. vii. 245 Therefore this fabulous, scænicall, filthy, and ridiculous diuinity [L. theologia fabulosa, theatrica, scenica] hath al reference vnto the ciuill. 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) ii. 179 These scenical and accidental differences between us, cannot make me forget that common and untoucht part of us both. View more context for this quotation 1660 T. Fuller Mixt Contempl. ii. xli. 60 King Hen. the seventh was much troubled (as he was wont to say) with Idols, Scenecal Royaletts, poor petty, pittifull Persons, who pretended themselves Princes. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 167. 263 I..who look upon the Distinctions amongst Men to be meerly Scenical. 1761 H. Farmer Inq. Nature & Design Christ's Temptation i. 20 Learned writers have attempted to shew, that these and many other actions ascribed to the antient prophets, were only imaginary and scenical. 1791 W. Belsham Ess. III. xxxii. 188 These unheard-of prodigies are merely the particulars of an imaginary or scenical representation, exactly similar to those emblematic and premonitionary visions of the antient prophets. †c. Resembling a scene in a play, presented as if a drama. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [adjective] > relating to scenery > resembling scenery scenish1540 scenical1741 1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. 485 The scenical image of Job and his friends sitting together on the ground seven days and seven nights without a word speaking. 1832 T. De Quincey James's Hist. Charlemagne in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 786/2 The second form [of History] is that which may be styled the Scenical. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1475
随便看	keep one's feet on the ground keep one's finger on the pulse keep one's fingers crossed keep one's fingers on the pulse keep one's fire keep one's ground keep one's hair on keep one's hand in keep one's hand in use keep one's hand on one's halfpenny keep one's head keep one's head above water keep one's head down keep one's head together keep one's house keep one's legs keep one's luff keep one's maidenhead keep one's mansion keep one's marriage keep one's maundy keep one's mind on keep one's mouth shut keep one's name on the boards keep one's nose clean