picturesque

Definition

Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting; pleasingly beautiful.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "We looked down onto a beautiful, picturesque sunset over the ocean."
• "A two minutes' walk brought Warwick—the name he had registered under, and as we shall call him—to the market-house, the central feature of Patesville, from both the commercial and the picturesque points of view."
• "A dear old lady said she thought the ancient castle at Conway most picturesque, but that it was a pity they put it so close to the railway!"