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scenary

scenary is the obsolete spelling of scenery.

Meaning of scenery

Noun

scenery (usually uncountable, plural sceneries)

  1. (usually) View, natural features, landscape.
  2. (usually) 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

  1. scenarists
  2. scenarize
  3. scenarized
  4. scenarizes
  5. scenarizing
  6. scenary
  7. scenas
  8. scend
  9. scended
  10. scending
  11. scends

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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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