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picturesque
adjective
[L269699]
Compounds
In compounds
picturesquely
,
picturesqueness
Forms
picturesque
Senses
visually appealing in a quaint or charming manner
picturesque
noun
[L269700]
Forms
picturesque
Senses
aesthetic ideal introduced into English cultural debate in 1782 by William Gilpin; along with the aesthetic and cultural strands of Gothic and Celticism, was a part of the emerging Romantic sensibility of the 18th century