different between picturesque vs unusual
picturesque
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)
- 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.
- 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.
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unusual
English
Alternative forms
- unusuall (obsolete)
Etymology
From un- +? usual.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?ju??u?l/, /?n?ju???l/
Adjective
unusual (comparative more unusual, superlative most unusual)
- Not usual, out of the ordinary
- Synonyms: uncommon, rare, extraordinary, remarkable; see also Thesaurus:strange
- Antonyms: normal, usual, common, ordinary
Derived terms
- unusually
- unusualness
Translations
Noun
unusual (plural unusuals)
- Something that is unusual; an anomaly.
- 1905, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Return of Sherlock Holmes
- I should say that it was very unusual for such men to leave a bottle half empty. How do all these unusuals strike you, Watson?
- 1939, Pauline Redmond, Wilfrid Redmond, Business paper writing, a career (page 154)
- Two of these unusuals have been selected for special effort throughout the season. They are kneeling pads and water-proof garden gloves. During the bulb planting season they are displayed with the bulbs […]
- 1905, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Return of Sherlock Holmes
References
- unusual at OneLook Dictionary Search
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