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