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Definition of pictorial adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pictorial

adjective
 
/pɪkˈtɔːriəl/
 
/pɪkˈtɔːriəl/
 [usually before noun]
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  1. 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
    Topics Literature and writingc2
  2. connected with pictures
    • pictorial traditions
    3. Word Originmid 17th cent.: from late Latin pictorius (from Latin pictor ‘painter’, from the verb pingere ‘to paint’) + -al.
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