pictorial
adjective/pɪkˈtɔːriəl/
/pɪkˈtɔːriəl/
[usually before noun]- using or containing pictures
- Pictorial representation of statistics or data in a chart is a kind of pictogram.
- a pictorial account/record of the expedition
- a pictorial encyclopedia
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- connected with pictures
- pictorial traditions
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from late Latin pictorius (from Latin pictor ‘painter’, from the verb pingere ‘to paint’) + -al.
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