scenic

• scenick (obsolete)

From Middle French scénique, from Latin scēnicus, alternative form of scaenicus (“of or pertaining to the stage; theatrical, scenic”), from Ancient Greek σκηνικός (skēnikós, “theatrical”), from σκηνή (skēnḗ, “stage”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːnɪk/, /ˈsiːnək/

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• Rhymes: -iːnɪk, -iːnək

scenic (comparative more scenic, superlative most scenic)

1. having beautiful scenery; picturesque

   We have plenty of time: let's take the scenic route.

   • 1954, Wallace Stegner, Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West, Houghton Mifflin, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 170:

     Scenic illusions such as those caused by the haze, or the apparent diminution of scale where everything was enormous, intrigued Dutton.

2. of or relating to scenery
3. dramatic; theatrical

• scenically
• Scenic Rim

scenic (plural scenics)

1. a depiction of scenery
2. (informal) a scenic artist; a person employed to design backgrounds for theatre etc.

Borrowed from French scenique, from Latin scaenicus. By surface analysis, scenă +‎ -ic.

scenic m or n (feminine singular scenică, masculine plural scenici, feminine and neuter plural scenice)

1. scenic