PICTURESQUE


Meaning of PICTURESQUE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpik-chə-ˈresk ]

adjective

Etymology: French & Italian; French pittoresque, from Italian pittoresco, from pittore painter, from Latin pictor, from pingere

Date: 1703

1.

a. : resembling a picture : suggesting a painted scene

b. : charming or quaint in appearance

2. : evoking mental images : vivid

Synonyms: see graphic

• pic·tur·esque·ly adverb

• pic·tur·esque·ness noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.