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Synonyms for pictorial


Grammar : Adj
Spell : pik-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-ee-uhl
Phonetic Transcription : pɪkˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr i əl

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Définition of pictorial

Origin :
  • 1640s, from Latin pictorius "of a painter," from pictor "painter," from past participle stem of pingere "to make pictures" (see paint (v.)) + -al (1). The noun meaning "journal in which pictures are the main feature" is first recorded 1844. Related: Pictorially.
  • adj graphic
Example sentences :
  • They tend to partake of the methods of pictorial caricature.
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
  • The least change in our point of view, gives the whole world a pictorial air.
  • Extract from : « Nature » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Mrs. Denyse pointed majestically to the pictorial blur in the paper.
  • Extract from : « Little Miss Grouch » by Samuel Hopkins Adams
  • Nor is there any pictorial representation of the interior of the playhouse.
  • Extract from : « Shakespearean Playhouses » by Joseph Quincy Adams
  • The first is taken from the Sunday Pictorial, of all papers.
  • Extract from : « The World in Chains » by John Mavrogordato
  • We are fortunate in having a pictorial representation of such a papakhu.
  • Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
  • For pictorial work or special effects other papers are preferable.
  • Extract from : « Bromide Printing and Enlarging » by John A. Tennant
  • They are too racial, and in parts too pictorial to be dissected in narrative style.
  • Extract from : « The Pianolist » by Gustav Kobb
  • This is most important for the pictorial effects and is given careful study.
  • Extract from : « The Art of Stage Dancing » by Ned Wayburn
  • Along about that time I am thinking about the pictorial effects.
  • Extract from : « The Art of Stage Dancing » by Ned Wayburn
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