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
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.
• 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
9 February 2025
(noun) heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane)
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
