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"Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting; pleasingly beautiful."
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "živopisen",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "живописен"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "繪畫般的"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huìhuà bān de",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "绘画般的"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bīzhēn",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "逼真"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "xǔxǔrúshēng",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "栩栩如生"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "生動"
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{
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "shēngdòng",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "生动"
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"english": "picturesque scenery",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "風景如畫"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fēngjǐngrúhuà",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "风景如画"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "malebný"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pitoreskní"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pittoresk"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "malerisk"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pittoresk"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "schilderachtig"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pittoreski"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "maalauksellinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "kuvankaunis"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pittoresque"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pintoresco"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"of nature"
],
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
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"especially"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
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"tags": [
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],
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"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "grafikós",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "γραφικός"
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"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "ציורי"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "festői"
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"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pitoreska"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"word": "piktinda"
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"code": "io",
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"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pikturatra"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pittoresco"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "vaizdingas"
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"roman": "slikovit",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "сликовит"
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{
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"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "живописен"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pittoresk"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "malerisk"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "naturskjønn"
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"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pittoresk"
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{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "naturskjønn"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "malowniczy"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pitoresco"
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"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pitoresc"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"roman": "živopísnyj",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "живопи́сный"
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"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pintoresco"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pittoresk"
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"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pitoresk"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "resimsi"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "malʹovnýčyj",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "мальовни́чий"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žyvopýsnyj",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "живопи́сний"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "đẹp như tranh"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "bilderish",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "בילדעריש"
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],
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"code": "bg",
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"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "живописен"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "繪畫般的"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "huìhuà bān de",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "绘画般的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "bīzhēn",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "逼真"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xǔxǔrúshēng",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "栩栩如生"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "生動"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shēngdòng",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "生动"
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"code": "cmn",
"english": "picturesque scenery",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "風景如畫"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "fēngjǐngrúhuà",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "风景如画"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "malebný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pitoreskní"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pittoresk"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "malerisk"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pittoresk"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "schilderachtig"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pittoreski"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "maalauksellinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "kuvankaunis"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pittoresque"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pintoresco"
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"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"tags": [
"especially"
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"word": "malerisch"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"raw_tags": [
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],
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"tags": [
"especially"
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"word": "pittoresk"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "grafikós",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "γραφικός"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "ציורי"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "festői"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pittoreszk"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pitoreska"
},
{
"code": "io",
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"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "piktinda"
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"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pikturatra"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pittoresco"
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{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "vaizdingas"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "slikovit",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "сликовит"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "živopisen",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "живописен"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pittoresk"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "malerisk"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "naturskjønn"
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{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pittoresk"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "naturskjønn"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "malowniczy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pitoresco"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pitoresc"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "živopísnyj",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "живопи́сный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pintoresco"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pittoresk"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "pitoresk"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "resimsi"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "malʹovnýčyj",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "мальовни́чий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žyvopýsnyj",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "живопи́сний"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "đẹp như tranh"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "bilderish",
"sense": "resembling a picture or painting",
"word": "בילדעריש"
}
],
"word": "picturesque"
}
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