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Picturesque

Picturesque Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Picturesque? [adj] suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture; "a picturesque village" [adj] strikingly expressive; "a picturesque description of the rainforest" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Picturesque: beautiful \| colorful Related Terms \| Find terms related to Picturesque: arabesque \| attractive \| baroque \| busy \| charming \| chichi \| colorful \| delightful \| elaborate \| elegant \| fancy \| fetching \| fine \| flamboyant \| florid \| flowery \| freehand \| frilly \| fussy \| graphic \| high-wrought \| idyllic \| interesting \| intriguing \| labored \| lovely \| luxuriant \| luxurious \| monochrome \| moresque \| original \| ornate \| ostentatious \| overelaborate \| overelegant \| overlabored \| overworked \| overwrought \| painty \| pastose \| photographic \| pictorial \| picturable \| pictural \| pleasing \| polychrome \| pretty \| pretty-pretty \| quaint \| realistic \| rich \| rococo \| scenic \| scenographic \| scumbled \| striking \| unique \| unusual \| vivid See Also \| Picturesque In Webster's Dictionary \Pic`turesque"\, a. [It. pittoresco: cf. F. pittoresque. See {Pictorial}.] 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. What is picturesque as placed in relation to the beautiful and the sublime? It is . . . the characteristic pushed into a sensible excess. --De Quincey. -- {Pic`turesque"ly}, adv. -- {Pic`tur*esque"ness}, n.

Picturesque Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Picturesque?

[adj] suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture; "a picturesque village"
[adj] strikingly expressive; "a picturesque description of the rainforest"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Picturesque: beautiful | colorful

See Also |

Picturesque In Webster's Dictionary

\Pic`tur*esque"\, a. [It. pittoresco: cf. F.
pittoresque. See {Pictorial}.]
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.

      What is picturesque as placed in relation to the
      beautiful and the sublime? It is . . . the
      characteristic pushed into a sensible excess. --De
Quincey. -- {Pic`tur*esque"ly}, adv. -- {Pic`tur*esque"ness},
n.

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