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Pictorial is defined as something illustrated or expressed in pictures.

(adjective)

If pictures tell a story of the history of a given plot of land, this is an example of a pictorial history.

The definition of a pictorial is a newspaper or publication that mainly features pictures.

(noun)

A news magazine made up entirely of pictures is an example of a pictorial.

See pictorial in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Rare of a painter or painting
of, containing, or expressed in pictures
evoking or suggesting a mental image or picture; vivid; graphic, as a description

Origin: LL pictorius < L pictor, painter < pp. of pingere, to paint

noun

a periodical featuring many pictures

Related Forms:

pictorially adverb
pictorialize transitive verb pictorialized, pictorializing
pictorialization noun

See pictorial in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Relating to, characterized by, or composed of pictures.
Represented as if in a picture: pictorial prose.
Illustrated by pictures: a pictorial history.

noun

An illustrated periodical.

Origin:

Origin: From Latin pictōrius

Origin: , from pictor, painter; see Pictor

Related Forms:

pic·toˌri·alˈi·ty (-ălˈĭ-tē) noun

pic·toˈri·al·ly adverb

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