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picturesque

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  1. graphic               
 
pic.tur.esque \.pik-ch*-'resk\ aj [F & It; F pittoresque, fr. It 
   pittoresco, fr. pittore painte]r, fr. L pictor, fr. pictus, pp. 1a: 
   resembling a picture : suggesting a painted scene  1b: CHARMING, QUAINT  2: 
   evoking mental images : VIVID  - pic.tur.esque.ly av