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unpictuˈresque, a.
(un-1 7.)
1791W. Gilpin Forest Scenery I. 54 The walnut is not an unpicturesque tree. 1821Craig Lect. Drawing, etc. v. 301 It might be supposed that stone lying in regular layers, would be unpicturesque. 1870Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. i. (1873) 229 Looked at on the outside, New England history is dry and unpicturesque.
Hence unpictuˈresquely adv., -ness.
1840Poe Domain Arnheim Wks. 1864 I. 394 Our disorder may seem order—our unpicturesqueness picturesque. 1841in H. H. Wilson Trav. W. Moorcroft & G. Trebeck I. i. i. 39 Bilaspur is not unpicturesquely situated. 1876‘Annie Thomas’ Blotted out viii, My hair has been unpicturesquely out of order. |