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picturesque definition

pic·tur·esque (pik′c̸hər esk′)

adjective

  1. like or suggesting a picture; specif.,
    1. having a wild or natural beauty, as mountain scenery
    2. pleasantly unfamiliar or strange; quaint
  2. suggesting or calling up a mental picture; striking; vivid a picturesque description

Etymology: altered (by assoc. with picture) < Fr pittoresque < It pittoresco < pittore, painter < L pictor, painter < pp. of pingere, to paint

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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