scenary
scenary is the obsolete spelling of scenery.
Meaning of scenery
Noun
scenery (usually uncountable, plural sceneries)
- View, natural features, landscape.
- Stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene.
- To make a Sketch, or a more perfect Model of a Picture, is in the Language of Poets, to draw up the Scenary of a Play, and the reaſon is the ſame for both; to guide the Undertaking, and to preſerve the Remembrance of ſuch things, whoſe Natures are difficult to retain.1695, John Dryden, “Preface of the Translator, with a Parallel, of Poetry and Painting”, in C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall...
Origin of scenary
Compare Latin scenarius (“belonging to the stage”).
Questions about scenary
- What is scenary the obsolete spelling of?
- Scenary is the obsolete spelling of scenery.
Words near scenary in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: scenary (page history and authors); scenery (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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