You could describe a particularly pretty scene as picturesque. But save it up for a view that's so gorgeous you'd love to have it framed on the wall as a painting.
Forming, or fitted to form, a good or pleasing picture; representing with the clearness or ideal beauty appropriate to a picture; expressing that peculiar kind of beauty which is agreeable in a picture, natural or artificial; graphic; vivid;
Adjective S.
suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture; "a picturesque village"
Adjective S.
strikingly expressive; "a picturesque description of the rainforest"
a.
Forming, or fitted to form, a good or pleasing
picture; representing with the clearness or ideal beauty appropriate to
a picture; expressing that peculiar kind of beauty which is agreeable
in a picture, natural or artificial; graphic; vivid; as, a picturesque
scene or attitude; picturesque language.
Picturesque
What is picturesque as placed in relation to the beautiful and the sublime? It is . . . the characteristic pushed into a sensible excess. De Quincey. --Pic`tur*esque"ly , adv. --Pic`tur*esque"ness , n.Forming, or fitted to form, a good or pleasing picture; representing with the clearness or ideal beauty appropriate to a picture; expressing that peculiar kind of beauty which is agreeable in a picture, natural or artificial; graphic; vivid;
as, a picturesque scene or attitude;picturesque language.
Usage Examples
Pictures must not be too picturesque.
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Other Usage ExamplesThe language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles.
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