picturesque

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture
  2. adjective strikingly expressive

Etymology

From picture + -esque, a calque of French pittoresque, from picture (“a picture, painting”).

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