|
|
Definition of Stagery
1. n. Exhibition on the stage.
Definition of Stagery
1. Noun. (obsolete) Exhibition on the stage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stagery
1. theatrical contrivances [n STAGERIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stagery
Literary usage of Stagery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Walk in Hellas: Or, The Old in the New by Denton Jaques Snider (1882)
"To us Nature is not alive as it was to the old Greeks; it is now a sort of stage;
we call it appearance, scenery, that is, stagery, some pageant gotten up ..."
2. The Tragedie of Coriolanus by William Shakespeare (2001)
"RC RHODES (stagery of Sh., p. 88) compares, for this form of stage-direction,
... I retain the word "stagery," which Milton used in a cognate but slightly ..."
3. Thesaurus of English words and phrases by Peter Mark Roget, Samuel Romilly Roget (1879)
"... stagery,^«* de théâtre; acting; gesture &c. 550; impersonation &c. 554; stage
business, gag, buffoonery. theatre ; play-, opera-house ; house ; music ..."
4. Words, Facts, and Phrases: A Dictionary of Curious, Quaint, & Out-of-the-way by Eliezer Edwards (1882)
"... was originally stagery, which in times when the g and the y were used
interchangeably, was often spelt ..."
5. French Literature of To-day: A Study of the Principal Romancers and Essayists by Yetta Blaze de Bury (1898)
"... is merely playing a ' fifth act' to her own self, and working herself up to
factitious feeling, which is the essence of ' stagery. ..."
Other Resources:
