A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1640-1681
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Scenick, adj. and n. Also: schen-. [17th c. Eng. scenicke (poet) (1623) dramatic (poet), MF scénique (1375 in Larousse), L. scēnicus, scænicus.] a. adj. Only in derogatory sense: Marked by theatricality. b. noun. One concerned with theatrical production; an ? actor or ? dramatist. —a. 1640 Baillie I 243.
[Bishop Lesley] is a mad scenick railer 1640 Id. The Caunterburians self-conviction Postcr. 3.
Any who had perused your former schenick writs, that comedie of your seven sages —b. 1681 Lauder Observes 51.
Canonists … declared all scenicks and stage players infamous
