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picturesque

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
picturesque/pɪktʃəˈresk/

▶adjective visually attractive in a quaint or charming manner.

■ (of language) unusual and vivid.

– derivatives
picturesquely adverb,
picturesqueness noun.

– origin C18: from Fr. pittoresque, from Ital. pittoresco, from pittore ‘painter’ (from L. pictor).

'picturesque' also found in these Oxford entries:

grotto - idyll - picture postcard - scenery - statuesque - tableau - unpicturesque

Forum discussions with the word(s) "picturesque" in the title:

a picturesque seaside
a picturesque setting/surroundings/background/scenery

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