chew the scenery

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scen⋅er⋅y

[see-nuh-ree]

–noun, plural -er⋅ies.

1.	the general appearance of a place; the aggregate of features that give character to a landscape.

2.	hangings, draperies, structures, etc., used on a stage to represent a locale or furnish decorative background.

—Idiom

3.	chew the scenery, to act melodramatically; overact.

Origin:
1740–50; scene + -ery

Synonyms:
1. terrain, view, surroundings.

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Word Origin & History

scenery

"decoration of a theater stage," 1774, earlier scenary (1695), from scene (q.v.). Meaning "a landscape or view, a pictorial scene" is from 1777.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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