pictural
/ˈpɪkt͡ʃəɹəl/
pictural noun: a picture.
Noun
pictural (plural picturals)
- A picture.
- Thence brought them to the second rowme, whose wals
Were painted faire with memorable gestes
Of famous wisards; and with picturals Of magistrates , of courts , of tribunals[…]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- Thence brought them to the second rowme, whose wals
Adjective
pictural (comparative more pictural, superlative most pictural)
- Pictorial.
- Horace Walpole, in a short essay, distinguished by his usual accuracy of information, and ornamented by his wit and taste, has traced the history of gardening, in a pictural sense, from the mere art of horticulture to the creation of scenery of a more general character, extending beyond the narrow...1828 March, Walter Scott, “Article XV. On Landscape Gardening. [Review of The Planter’s Guide; or, A Practical Essay on the Best Method of Giving Immediate Effect to Wood, by the Removal of Large...
Forms of pictural
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | picturals |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more pictural |
| superlative | most pictural |
Origin of pictural
From picture + -al.
Words formed from pictural
Questions about pictural
- What does pictural mean?
- Pictural means a picture.
- What part of speech is pictural?
- Pictural can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce pictural?
- Pictural is pronounced /ˈpɪkt͡ʃəɹəl/.
- What is the plural of pictural?
- The plural of pictural is picturals.
Words near pictural in the dictionary
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