different between glamorous vs picturesque

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /??lam???s/
• Hyphenation: gla?mor?ous

Adjective

glamorous (comparative more glamorous, superlative most glamorous)

1. Having glamour; stylish.
2. (archaic) Being associated with one or more glamours.

Derived terms

• glamping

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• picture-skew (humorous)

Etymology

From picture +? -esque, a calque of Italian pittoresco, from pittura (“a picture, painting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?kt?????sk/

Adjective

picturesque (comparative more picturesque, superlative most picturesque)

1. Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting; pleasingly beautiful.

   We looked down onto a beautiful, picturesque sunset over the ocean.

   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     A two minutes' walk brought Warwick--the name he had registered under, and as we shall call him--to the market-house, the central feature of Patesville, from both the commercial and the picturesque points of view.

2. Strikingly graphic or vivid; having striking and vivid imagery.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:picturesque.

Synonyms

• quaint
• scenic

Derived terms

• picturesquely
• picturesqueness

Translations

Further reading

• picturesque in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• picturesque in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.