PICTURESQUE


Meaning of PICTURESQUE in English

adj. 1 (of landscape etc.) beautiful or striking, as in a picture. 2 (of language etc.) strikingly graphic; vivid. picturesquely adv. picturesqueness n.

[ F pittoresque f. It. pittoresco f. pittore painter f. L (as PICTORIAL): assim. to PICTURE ]

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