sceneful

adj, noun — 2 senses

sceneful

adj

Etymology From scene + -ful.

1

Having much scenery; scenic.

  • Clad in the verdure of unnumber'd isles, Where scepter'd William's massy bulwarks stand, The guard and glory of the sceneful land.1842, William McCarty, Songs, Odes, and Other Poems, on National Subjects: Patriotic:
  • He never came to view the sceneful world with the minuteness and understanding of a later poet who could describe The Man who slices lemons into drink, The coffee-roaster's brasier, and the boys That volunteer to help him turn its winch.1937, Edward Gay Ainsworth, Poor Collins: his life, his art, and his influence, page 83:
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  • In proper midcentury fashion, Collins “view[s] that Oak, the fancied Glades among,” views the indolent, sightless Milton, views the whole Edenic mount in his wildly sceneful fancy.2007, Poetry Criticism - Volume 72, page 172:

sceneful

noun

Etymology From scene + -ful.

1

A quantity contained in a scene.

  • Not even the heart of one of the delectable slim-legged ponlettes who high-heel in swarms wherever the celluloid Napoleons decree a sceneful of "extras, female"; no, nothing but a downy, cuddly chick that eventually grows up into a cackling, flowerbed-scratching Biddy, with no ambition beyond inspiring omelets and eventually herself becoming casserole filling.1932, Science News - Volumes 21-22, page 178:
  • She cannot resist a sceneful of scathing remarks for one final humiliation of her husband before she leaves.1943, New York Theatre Critics' Reviews - Volume 4, page 308:
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  • I only get a sceneful of sorrow.2006, Anna M. Shields, Crafting a Collection:

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