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noun
The condition of being picturesque.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
visually vivid and pleasing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: beauty
noun
the quality of being strikingly expressive or vivid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: expressiveness
History
Etymology tree English picturesque Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English picturesqueness From picturesque + -ness.
Across languages
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