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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