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# picturesque

adjective (picturesque; more picturesque, most picturesque)

«picturesque» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Very pretty, like a picture or a postcard, especially an old village or a countryside view. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/picturesque/#m1)
2. (of language) Vivid and colourful, full of interesting description. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/picturesque/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography, travel and descriptive writing, picturesque villages, harbours and valleys are charming places tourists like to visit. Writers use it to paint a scene for the reader. Similar: pretty, scenic, charming.

### Examples

- We stayed in a picturesque fishing village. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/picturesque/#x1)
- The cottage by the river was picturesque. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/picturesque/#x2)
- The Cotswolds are full of picturesque villages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/picturesque/#x3)
- The harbour looked picturesque at sunset. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/picturesque/#x4)
- Grandad has a picturesque way of telling stories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/picturesque/#x5)
- The train ran through picturesque mountains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/picturesque/#x6)
- The streets were rather irregular, it is true, but still this added to their picturesque appearance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/picturesque/#x7)

### Note

Spelling: picturesque ends in -esque (like "grotesque"). Pronounced "pik-chuh-RESK". Adjective only.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «picturesque» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/picturesque/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«picturesque» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/picturesque.html) on Mova free.