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SCENIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Used of locations; having beautiful natural scenery

Example:

scenic drives

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

beautiful (delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration)

Derivation:

scene (the visual percept of a region)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to the stage or stage scenery

Example:

scenic design

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

scenery (the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale)

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