Picturesque

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɪktʃəˈɹɛsk/

Alternative forms

• picture-skew humorous

Origin

picture + -esque, from Italian pittoresco, from pittura ("a picture, painting"); see picture.

Full definition of picturesque

Adjective

1. Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting. scenicWe looked down onto a beautiful, picturesque sunset over the ocean.
• 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, , Chapter I,A two minutes' walk brought Warwick--the name he had registered under, and as we shall call him--to the market-house, the central feature of Patesville, from both the commercial and the picturesque points of view.

Synonyms

• quaint

Derived terms

• picturesquely
• picturesqueness