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scenery

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Etymology

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Earlier scenary , from scene +‎ -ary , but now remodelled as scene +‎ -ery .

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Noun

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scenery (usually uncountable , plural sceneries )

  1. View, natural features, landscape.
  2. Stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene.
    • 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 for W. Rogers, [...], →OCLC, page xliv:
      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.

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Translations

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view, natural features, landscape — see also view,‎ landscape,‎ panorama
stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene
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