screenplayn.

Brit.

/ˈskriːnpleɪ/, U.S.

/ˈskrinˌpleɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: screen n.¹, play n.

Etymology: < screen n.¹ + play n.

1. Chiefly in form screen play. A film. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > [noun]

living picture1851

kineograph1891

motion picture1891

picture1894

animatograph1896

cinematograph1896

moving picture1896

kinetogram1897

film1899

bioscope1902

action film1909

cinema1909

movie1910

photodrama1910

photoplay1910

movie picture1913

pic1913

screenplay1913

photonovel1916

flick1926

moom pitcher1929

1913 Financial Times 14 Jan. 10/4 Special daily matinées have been arranged for the production of the screen play, ‘Les Miserables’.

1916 N.Y. Times 7 Feb. 9/3 (heading) Anna Held's debut in a screen play.

1933 Washington Post 24 Sept. ii. 11/1 Mary Pickford left New York with the statement that, if she does not start work on a screen play immediately upon her arrival in Hollywood, she will return to New York..to appear in a play.

2. A script for a film or television programme, including acting instructions and directions regarding sets and camera positions.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > screenplay or script > [noun]

script1890

scenario1905

screenplay1920

treatment1928

1920 N. Amer. Rev. July 91 Barrie is now writing a screen play for us.

1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 June 750/3 A screenplay..is subsumed in the completed movie.

2006 Time Out N.Y. 27 Apr. 128/4 Fritz Lang wrote the screenplay for this epic adventure-romance.

Compounds

General attributive, appositive, and objective, as screenplay adaptation, screenplay credit, screenplay writer, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > screenplay or script > [adjective]

screenplay1920

1920 Japan Advertiser 6 May 4/4 A screen-play writer is practically a producer on paper.

1939 Washington Post 15 Dec. 26/3 A man may come fresh from the writing staff of the world's greatest newspapers..yet he cannot master screenplay-writing without preparation.

1945 R. Chandler Let. 13 Oct. in R. Chandler Speaking (1966) 43 He has gone so long without writing—unless you count a couple of screenplay jobs.

1989 Blitz Jan. 21/2 The kind of deliciously superficial wit..you'd expect from a writer whose sole screenplay credit is for a film starring Rodney Dangerfield.

1995 Daily Variety (Nexis) 24 Apr. 1 Co-scripter Roger Avary accepted the screenplay award.

2001 Black Belt May 38/1 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a screenplay adaptation of a martial arts novel..set in the Ching dynasty.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	screenplay
释义	screenplayn. Brit. /ˈskriːnpleɪ/, U.S. /ˈskrinˌpleɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: screen n.¹, play n. Etymology: < screen n.¹ + play n. 1. Chiefly in form screen play. A film. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > [noun] living picture1851 kineograph1891 motion picture1891 picture1894 animatograph1896 cinematograph1896 moving picture1896 kinetogram1897 film1899 bioscope1902 action film1909 cinema1909 movie1910 photodrama1910 photoplay1910 movie picture1913 pic1913 screenplay1913 photonovel1916 flick1926 moom pitcher1929 1913 Financial Times 14 Jan. 10/4 Special daily matinées have been arranged for the production of the screen play, ‘Les Miserables’. 1916 N.Y. Times 7 Feb. 9/3 (heading) Anna Held's debut in a screen play. 1933 Washington Post 24 Sept. ii. 11/1 Mary Pickford left New York with the statement that, if she does not start work on a screen play immediately upon her arrival in Hollywood, she will return to New York..to appear in a play. 2. A script for a film or television programme, including acting instructions and directions regarding sets and camera positions. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > screenplay or script > [noun] script1890 scenario1905 screenplay1920 treatment1928 1920 N. Amer. Rev. July 91 Barrie is now writing a screen play for us. 1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 June 750/3 A screenplay..is subsumed in the completed movie. 2006 Time Out N.Y. 27 Apr. 128/4 Fritz Lang wrote the screenplay for this epic adventure-romance. Compounds General attributive, appositive, and objective, as screenplay adaptation, screenplay credit, screenplay writer, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > screenplay or script > [adjective] screenplay1920 1920 Japan Advertiser 6 May 4/4 A screen-play writer is practically a producer on paper. 1939 Washington Post 15 Dec. 26/3 A man may come fresh from the writing staff of the world's greatest newspapers..yet he cannot master screenplay-writing without preparation. 1945 R. Chandler Let. 13 Oct. in R. Chandler Speaking (1966) 43 He has gone so long without writing—unless you count a couple of screenplay jobs. 1989 Blitz Jan. 21/2 The kind of deliciously superficial wit..you'd expect from a writer whose sole screenplay credit is for a film starring Rodney Dangerfield. 1995 Daily Variety (Nexis) 24 Apr. 1 Co-scripter Roger Avary accepted the screenplay award. 2001 Black Belt May 38/1 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a screenplay adaptation of a martial arts novel..set in the Ching dynasty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1913
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