pictorial

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a periodical (magazine or newspaper) containing many pictures
  2. adjective pertaining to or consisting of pictures
  3. adjective evoking lifelike images within the mind

Etymology

From Latin pictōrius (“of painting”) + -al, from pictor (“painter”).

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