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picture †pictorial representation XV; individual painting or drawing XV; visual impression, mental image; graphic description XVI. — L. pictūra painting, f. pict-, pp. stem of pingere PAINT, embroider.
Hence vb. XV. So picturesque XVIII. — (with assim. to prec., to express ‘in the style of a picture’) F. pittoresque — It. pittoresco ‘in the style of a painter’, f. pittore :- L. pictor, -tōr- painter, f. pict-.

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