pictural

& s. [Eng. pictur (e); -al. ] A. As adj .: Pertaining or relating to pictures; represented by pictures; pictorial. "Horace Walpole has traced the history of gardening in a pictural sense."- Scott: Prose Works, IMG:content-1047.png:[blocks in formation] pic-ture, s . [Lat. pictura =the art of painting, a painting; prop. fem. sing. of picturus , fut. par. of pingo =to paint; Fr. peinture ; Sp. & Port. pintura ; Ital. pintura , pittura .] *1. The art of representation by drawing or painting. "Picture is the invention of heaven." - Ben Jonson: Discoveries. 2. The work of a painter; painting. "Quintilian, when he saw any well-expre ed image of weep."- Wotton: Remains. grief either in picture or in sculpture, would usually 3. A painting or drawing exhibiting the likene of anything; a painted representation of any natural scene or action; a likene drawn in colors; a likene generally; a drawing, a portrait. 4. A representation in any way; a figure, a model. "The young king's Picture was found in her Closet in virgin-wax."- Howell : Letters , p. 29. 5. Any resemblance or representation either to the eye or to the mind; an image. "Still she heard him, still his picture form'd." Tennyson: Lance lot and Elaine, 986. 6. A representation in words; a vivid description. "Mr. Howard, we can well believe, does not intend to overcharge his picture ." -London Evening Standard. picture-book, s. A book ornamented with pic tures.