picturableadj.

Brit.

/ˈpɪktʃ(ə)rəbl/, U.S.

/ˈpɪk(t)ʃ(ə)rəb(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: picture v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < picture v. + -able suffix. Compare earlier picturesque adj. With picturableness n. at Derivatives compare earlier picturability n.

Capable of being visually represented or conceived; imaginable. Also: suitable for representation in a painting; picturesque.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [adjective] > able to be pictured

picturable1790

1790 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Midland Counties I. xxxiv. 308 The handsomest horse I have seen of this breed, and perhaps the most picturable horse of this kind ever bred in the island, was a stallion..named K.

1801 Monthly Rev. 35 275 The rich..[might build] small picturable habitations for their labourers.

1890 W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. I. iv. 79 He..stalked,..in the most melancholic manner picturable, to his cabin.

1957 R. W. Brown in S. Saporta & J. R. Bastian Psycholinguistics (1961) 505/1 The concrete noun..is likely to be more picturable than its superordinate.

2001 Independent (Nexis) 1 May 12 The voter, voting, the electoral act, becomes less and less visible, less and less picturable.

Derivatives

ˈpicturableness n. rare

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [noun] > pictorial quality

picturability1817

pictorialness1857

picturableness1877

paintability1926

1877 Mind 2 394 It is possible to put into words the meaning... Picturableness has nothing to do with the matter.

1883 A. W. Momerie Personality (1886) ii. 60 Picturableness is not necessary to the existence of a concept.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	picturable
释义	picturableadj. Brit. /ˈpɪktʃ(ə)rəbl/, U.S. /ˈpɪk(t)ʃ(ə)rəb(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: picture v., -able suffix. Etymology: < picture v. + -able suffix. Compare earlier picturesque adj. With picturableness n. at Derivatives compare earlier picturability n. Capable of being visually represented or conceived; imaginable. Also: suitable for representation in a painting; picturesque. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [adjective] > able to be pictured picturable1790 1790 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Midland Counties I. xxxiv. 308 The handsomest horse I have seen of this breed, and perhaps the most picturable horse of this kind ever bred in the island, was a stallion..named K. 1801 Monthly Rev. 35 275 The rich..[might build] small picturable habitations for their labourers. 1890 W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. I. iv. 79 He..stalked,..in the most melancholic manner picturable, to his cabin. 1957 R. W. Brown in S. Saporta & J. R. Bastian Psycholinguistics (1961) 505/1 The concrete noun..is likely to be more picturable than its superordinate. 2001 Independent (Nexis) 1 May 12 The voter, voting, the electoral act, becomes less and less visible, less and less picturable. Derivatives ˈpicturableness n. rare ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [noun] > pictorial quality picturability1817 pictorialness1857 picturableness1877 paintability1926 1877 Mind 2 394 It is possible to put into words the meaning... Picturableness has nothing to do with the matter. 1883 A. W. Momerie Personality (1886) ii. 60 Picturableness is not necessary to the existence of a concept. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1790
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