PICTURESQUE

picturesque

(adjective) suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture; “a picturesque village”

picturesque

(adjective) strikingly expressive; “a picturesque description of the rainforest”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

picturesque (comparative more picturesque, superlative most picturesque)

Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting; pleasingly beautiful.

Strikingly graphic or vivid; having striking and vivid imagery.

Synonyms

• quaint

• scenic

Source: Wiktionary


Pic`tur*esque", a. Etym: [It. pittoresco: cf. F. pittoresque. See Pictorial.]

Definition: Forming, or fitted to form, a good or pleasing picture; representing with the clearness or ideal beauty appropriate to a picture; expressing that peculiar kind of beauty which is agreeable in a picture, natural or artificial; graphic; vivid; as, a picturesque scene or attitude; picturesque language. What is picturesque as placed in relation to the beautiful and the sublime It is . . . the characteristic pushed into a sensible excess. De Quincey.

– Pic`tur*esque"ly, adv.

– Pic`tur*esque"ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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