Definitions for: Pictorial

[n] a periodical (magazine or newspaper) containing many pictures
[adj] illustrated with pictures; "a pictorial history"
[adj] evoking lifelike images within the mind; "pictorial poetry and prose"; "graphic accounts of battle"; "a lifelike portrait"; "a vivid description"
[adj] pertaining to or consisting of pictures; "pictorial perspective"; "pictorial records"

Webster (1913) Definition: Pic*to"ri*al, a. [L. pictorius, fr. pictor a
painter, fr. pingere to paint. See Paint.]
Of or pertaining to pictures; illustrated by pictures;
forming pictures; representing with the clearness of a
picture; as, a pictorial dictionary; a pictorial imagination.
``Pictorial rhetoric.'' --Ruskin. -- Pic*to"ri*al*ly, adv.

Synonyms: graphic, illustrated, lifelike, pictural, realistic, vivid

See Also: periodical

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