picturabilityn.
/ˌpɪktʃərəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌpɪk(t)ʃərəˈbɪlᵻdi/ Capacity for visual representation or conception; the state or quality of being picturable.
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picturability1817
pictorialness1857
picturableness1877
paintability1926
1817 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) IV. 750 I became perfectly indifferent, as to the forms of their geometrical Picturability.
1882 B. P. Bowne Metaphysics 202 The spatial discreteness and picturability of the atoms disappear entirely.
1968 M. Jammer in R. Klibansky Contemp. Philos. II. 349 The shackles of intuitive picturability (‘Anschaulichkeit’).
1992 Appl. Linguistics 13 92 Words..judged to be of high picturability, were drawn by a professional illustrator.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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