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Meaning of 'picturesque' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Picturesque [ a.]
- Forming, or fitted to form, a good or pleasing picture; representing with the clearness or ideal beauty appropriate to a picture; expressing that peculiar kind of beauty which is agreeable in a picture, natural or artificial; graphic; vivid; as, a picturesque scene or attitude; picturesque language.

Meaning of 'picturesque' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . picturesque [ s]
Meaning (1):
- strikingly expressive
Example in sentence:
  • a picturesque description of the rainforest
Meaning (2):
- suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture
Example in sentence:
  • a picturesque village

Nearby Words:

pic pica picador picamar picapare picard picaresque picariae picarian picaroon

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