picturesque
pronunciation
How to pronounce picturesque in British English:
UK [ˌpɪktʃəˈresk]
How to pronounce picturesque in American English:
US [ˌpɪktʃəˈresk]
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- Adjective:
- suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture
- strikingly expressive
Word Origin
- picturesque (adj.)
- 1703, on pattern of French pittoresque, a loan-word from Italian pittoresco, literally "pictorial" (1660s), from pittore "painter," from Latin pictorem (nominative pictor); see painter (n.1). As a noun from 1749. Related: Picturesquely; picturesqueness.
Example
- 1. The natural beauty and the tidy , picturesque villages , weekly markets , and range of activities - from horseback riding to skiing - make it a sought-after region for holiday-makers and second-home buyers alike .
- 2. Mr. roger button , the president of roger button & co. , wholesale hardware , began to run toward doctor keene with much less dignity than was expected from a southern gentleman of that picturesque period .
- 3. We visit monkey temples in asia , live markets in india , picturesque villages in south america , bat caves in east africa breathing the air , feeding the animals , touching things , shaking hands with the friendly locals .
- 4. One of the rarest and picturesque coniferous trees .
- 5. There was a picturesque example of this a few years ago at a hotel on the italian riviera .