Picturesqueness
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The condition of being picturesque. countable, uncountable
"He [Walter Savage Landor] was a man of somewhat leonine aspect as regards the general appearance and expression of the head and face, which accorded well with the large and massive build of the figure, and to which a superbly curling white beard added not only picturesqueness, but a certain nobility."
- 2 visually vivid and pleasing wordnet
- 3 the quality of being strikingly expressive or vivid wordnet
Example
More examples"He [Walter Savage Landor] was a man of somewhat leonine aspect as regards the general appearance and expression of the head and face, which accorded well with the large and massive build of the figure, and to which a superbly curling white beard added not only picturesqueness, but a certain nobility."
Etymology
From picturesque + -ness.
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