scenarist en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-der. Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ)bor. Latin scēnabor. Italian scena Italian -ario Italian scenariobor. English scenar(io) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English scenarist From scenar(io) + -ist.
Meanings
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A writer of screenplays; a screenwriter.
What was acted out in the American and French Revolutions had been thought out beforehand in the writings of Locke and Rousseau, the scenarists for the drama of modern politics.
1987, Allan Bloom, The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| scenarists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
fi skenaristi (writer of screenplays) · de Szenenschreiberin (writer of screenplays) · de Szenenschreiber (writer of screenplays) · tr senarist (writer of screenplays)