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Meanings of picturesque in English
Aesthetic ideal introduced into English cultural debate in 1782 by William Gilpin; along with the aesthetic and cultural strands of Gothic and Celticism, was a part of the emerging Romantic sensibility of the 18th century.
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Usage of picturesque in English
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The view from the mesa is picturesque and imposing in the extreme.
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There was little of the picturesque or the beautiful in the scenery.
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It has to be one of the most picturesque beaches in Europe.
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All the merit of proverbs consists in the concise and picturesque expression.
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The disposition of these trees was picturesque and beautiful in the extreme.
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The spectacle in the courtyard was as noisy as it was picturesque.
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The scene presented that night was wild and picturesque in the extreme.
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By this time the fray was spirited and picturesque in the extreme.
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And in an exceedingly happy description of what is termed the picturesque:
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The scene was one of the most picturesque ever witnessed in warfare.
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No such problems affects the Weissensee, a picturesque lake in southern Austria.
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The picturesque Indian costume gives an oriental cast to the moving panorama.
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The big one picturesque and superior in a raw kind of way.
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St. Petersburg under snow is the most picturesque city in the world.
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It is also worth noting that my tree is far from picturesque.
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The scenery from the top of the hill was wild and picturesque.
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