Pictoral
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Alternative form of pictorial. alt-of, alternative, nonstandard, possibly, uncommon
"mise en abyme […] is a device in which an enclave is embedded in the work (which may be pictoral, literary or theatrical), […]"
Example
More examples"mise en abyme […] is a device in which an enclave is embedded in the work (which may be pictoral, literary or theatrical), […]"
Etymology
Probably an alteration of pictorial influenced by analysis as Latin pictor (“painter”) (the source of pictorial) + the common suffix -al.
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