picturesque

adjective

aesthetic ideal introduced into English cultural debate in 1782 by William Gilpin; along with the aesthetic and cultural strands of Gothic and Celticism, was a part of the emerging Romantic sensibility of the 18th century

Pronunciation: /ˌpɪkt͡ʃəˈɹɛsk/

Etymology: From picture + -esque, a calque of French pittoresque, from picture (“a picture, painting”).

Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting; pleasingly beautiful.
“We looked down onto a beautiful, picturesque sunset over the ocean.”
“A two minutes' walk brought Warwick—the name he had registered under, and as we shall call him—to the market-house, the central feature of Patesville, from both the commercial and the picturesque points of view.”
Strikingly graphic or vivid; having striking and vivid imagery.
“picturesque language”