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PICTORIAL
graphic, lifelike, pictorial, vivid
(adjective) evoking lifelike images within the mind; “pictorial poetry and prose”; “graphic accounts of battle”; “a lifelike portrait”; “a vivid description”
pictorial, pictural
(adjective) pertaining to or consisting of pictures; “pictorial perspective”; “pictorial records”
pictorial
(noun) a periodical (magazine or newspaper) containing many pictures
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
pictorial (not comparable)
Of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures.
Described or otherwise represented as if in a picture; graphic or vivid.
Stylistically similar to a painting, especially following pictorial conventions (of a photograph) – see pictorialism.
Usage notes
Can be used comparatively “Could you give a more pictorial treatment of this subject?” but this usage is uncommon.
Noun
pictorial (plural pictorials)
a newspaper or magazine with many pictures, or section thereof
an article primarily featuring many photographs, or simply a collection of photographs
(philately) a stamp featuring a vignette of local scenery or culture.
Usage notes
• Individual titles will be capitalized e.g. "Sunday Pictorial"
• In sense “an article consisting primarily of photographs”, particularly used of photographs of people, as in “The budding starlet is featured in a pictorial in a glossy magazine next week.”
Coordinate terms
• (collection of images): gallery, slideshow
Source: Wiktionary
Pic*to"ri*al, a. Etym: [L. pictorius, fr. pictor a painter, fr. pingere to paint. See Paint.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to pictures; illustrated by pictures; forming pictures; representing with the clearness of a picture; as, a pictorial dictionary; a pictorial imagination. "Pictorial rhetoric." Ruskin.
– Pic*to"ri*al*ly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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